The Princess's malicious intent was obvious to me."Are the imperials always reckless and violent?"She wants to murder me because I saw her face? There has to be something going on."You massacred Count Forser, his sons and wife, and thousands of his warriors. You should have kept your head down in this situation, yet here you are, revealing your face at such a major auction. I'd want to question you: are you ignorant or confident?"Princess Arika was like an attraction at the moment, enticing all males to her.But her remarks simply served to sear my heart."Did you guess it?"Regardless of whether Princess Arika was trying to test me, she was successful."Are you, in fact, Baron Riel Alheim? The person responsible for flipping the entire southwest territory in a month. But don't imagine I'm as easy to intimidate as Count Forser."She smiled and exuded the carefree spirit of a young girl.Princess Arika would not definitively state that someone had penetrated his city and informed h
Life in the city has been uneventful for the last few days. The Baron had returned with a plethora of new food products and goods to assist them to get through the winter.He'd even instructed them how to preserve foods so they would last longer and not spoil.The city's construction has likewise never halted. There was no room for error with Jacob reviewing it and Mason in charge of guiding the building team.Wise had taken over the training of the men while I was away. He began recruiting hundreds of soldiers as soon as he arrived with the refugees.The majority of the men desired to be warriors, while the women desired to be farmers, even small children were in charge of catering daily meals to the citizens.Except for the Baron, no one was idle in Ice Demon City in this way."Fuck...Where in the hell is he?"I was frustrated inside my room.Since I returned, I had been looking for the guy who had been lurking about my city.But he constantly managed to elude my every approach. I h
"Stop!"The tone was neither hurried nor relaxed.Looking at the newcomer, General Yun scowled slightly."Who are you?"Despite the fact that the person was dressed in a shabby robe, General Yun could see the few fine details buried beneath the robe. His ability to discern people was one of his best qualities as a commander.In a world like this, if he offends someone who cannot be offended, his status as a general will not save him."I am a member of the Imperial Army. Is this General Yun? I'm hoping you'll let me have my say while keeping this city peaceful." Thirteen spoke softly.For someone like him, he'd rather just eliminate this invading platoon and be done with it. But it would have gotten the baron into trouble, so he had no alternative but to employ his wits.General Yun cocked his brow slightly. "Do we need your consent to destroy a city?" he asked coldly of Thirteen.Although he didn't want to insult the other side, he had no reason to be concerned because he was now acti
The entire Royal Cavalry was terrified, but they quickly remembered something written into the Empire's laws.A saint cannot intervene against an enemy who is not also a saint. It was a regulation that made the Saints hide in the dark so they wouldn't cause a commotion in the empire and do whatever they pleased.The royal cavalry understood the laws of the empire like the back of their hand.General Yun regarded Thirteen with trepidation. Although the empire's regulations state that Saints may not take action against weaker people, what if the opposing party isn't concerned with the empire's laws?In that case, his only option would be to accept death.Nonetheless, he summoned the bravery to inquire, "Honorable Saint, are you going to take action against us?"Every single member of the royal cavalry was holding their breath, waiting for the Saint's response. They didn't even question the Baron's claim that the individual was a saint.Thirteen stared at me, then turned to face General
The blood was dripping from General Yun's heart.The artefact seemed to be even more significant than his own life if that were possible. He appeared to have lost sight of the fact that he would have almost certainly perished here if it weren't for the artefact.The severity of this young man's behaviour is now widely acknowledged.This was a defensive artefact capable of withstanding an attack from a late A-rank warrior.It was in such a dubious battle when it was destroyed in my hands.Gold is insufficient to calculate the price of such a priceless artefact.To purchase this defensive artefact would require at least a few million gold coins."You... you ruined my mystical artefact!"General Yun immediately pointed at me with an unmatched level of rage. He had never expected his mystic artefact to be so easily destroyed by a trivial baron, a mere baron."Get the formation ready!"When Deputy General Tian observed the circumstance, he roared instantly. I was swiftly surrounded by the
Everyone was in disbelief.The baron did not appear to be making light of the situation and came across as very serious.The Baron demanded compensation even though the royal cavalry had already made up their minds to depart.Anyone with a normal brain would suspect that the baron's mental state was off.The Saint was the only person to whom the royal cavalry in front gave face; the Baron received no attention. But the Baron was now pushing his luck. The baron was naive and conceited. Taking advantage of them and threatening to force them to pay compensation.Thirteen's expression took on some meaning. He had managed to keep the baron's actions under control up until this point. Vinny, despite being crippled, could only blame himself for being inferior.General Yun was also present. Despite the fact that his artefact had been smashed, he was still alive.However, the Baron's current behaviour amounted to taking the initiative to provoke the leader of the Royal Cavalry.In the eyes of
I reached out my hand, and my sword shone brightly once more.The sword light hummed softly as if expecting me to give the order at any moment.When Thirteen noticed this, he had already taken action and was standing in front of me."That is sufficient. I'm going to get the gold." Thirteen couldn't believe what he was saying right now. A dignified Demi-saint was required to appease a baron who had not even reached the middle A-rank.Thirteen returned a moment later with a storage ring and handed it to me."Except for General Yun's, here are all of the gold coins. You don't need to take his gold now that you've taken his fingers, right?" Thirteen inquired calmly."Alright." I agreed by nodding. Even if I don't need to be concerned about the Royal Cavalry, Thirteen was someone I cannot ignore."If you had all done this sooner, your general's fingers would not have been separated."I took the storage ring and gave it a quick glance. I knew I didn't need to count all the gold, and that th
The incident with the Royal Cavalry was quickly forgotten by the Empire's ears.Some people saw the humiliating Royal cavalry moving by and claimed something had gone wrong.But that was the end of it.The Royal Cavalry only announced that they had been injured in a fight with a bandit king.Unless they were complete idiots, they would never admit to having suffered a loss at my hands.However, some nobles were aware of the details; they were aware that the royal cavalry had arrived in search of a person and had suffered a loss.Those nobles, on the other hand, remained silent, saying nothing about the situation. It could be argued that the royal cavalry was fortunate because my city was surrounded by only low-ranking nobles.And that Marquis, whoever he was, remained silent.I assumed the First Prince had directed him to do so."Where did you go that day, Young Master?" Jacob inquired firmly. He assumed the Young Master was frightened of the Royal Cavalry and had concealed himself so