The Lazy Genius of the Duke - Chapter 227



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The Lazy Genius of the Duke’s Family (227)

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Mercenary King Freud.

He is the object of respect for all mercenaries, estimated at over a million, and a legend in the mercenary world. Freud is the unparalleled Auror Master of the mercenary world, and is the first non-knight mercenary to reach the rank of Master in history.

The life of a mercenary is bleak.

They are the ones who sold their lives and their bodies for money. Soldiers and knights work for their masters, but mercenaries work for money.

That is why young men from remote and isolated places dream of a career in the mercenary world. Any able-bodied male could become a mercenary.

Mercenaries do not discriminate between people with strange stories or tragic lives.

Mercenaries are all equal. They are men who brave the storms of the world with one weapon, trading a drop of blood for gold.

And the Mercenary King is the pinnacle of such mercenaries.

“Are you saying that you will invite the Mercenary King to Pinguis City?”

Luten looked at Benio as if he had misheard him. Luten’s face was shocked, because the mercenary king Freud was famous for being a snobby mercenary who even Duke Kepler failed to hire.

The mercenary king does not bow his head before anyone.

Although he is a mercenary of uncertain status, the level he has achieved as a mercenary king is superior to that of knights of empires and kingdoms.

However, the mercenary king did not budge even after receiving a letter from Duke Kepler, who was called one of the three great dukes.

“Yes. That way, more tops will pass through our Pinguis City.”

Wherever the Mercenary King resides, a huge mercenary market is formed. This is because those who respect and admire the Mercenary King gather like flocks of clouds.

The most famous of these is the Mercenary King’s mercenary corps.

Mad Dog Mercenary Group.

Despite the fact that it wasn’t a very attractive name, there were some mercenaries who aimed to get into it.

The Mad Dog Mercenary Corps, boasting a whopping 30,000 members, was a whirlwind that swept the battlefield following the mercenary king, Freud.

The mercenary king Freud was not a meticulous commander or a military strategist. He was a vanguard or shock trooper through and through.

Following in the footsteps of such a Freud, the war ends. And strangely enough, the mercenary who followed him through the war grew rapidly.

It was as if my skills improved naturally when I was around Freud.

In this way, mercenaries gathered around Freud one by one. And when he became the mercenary king, their number exceeded thirty thousand.

Thirty thousand mercenaries is a number that is not insufficient compared to a regular army. However, after becoming the mercenary king, Freud stopped going to the battlefield.

But even so, the mad dog mercenary group, fascinated by his strength, did not leave his side.

And when the mercenary king moved, the thirty thousand mercenaries moved with him. That’s why the mercenary market opened. Because the thirty thousand mercenaries had to take on missions whether they liked it or not in order to make a living.

There is no doubt about the skills of the Mad Dog Mercenaries. For the top who prioritizes safety, the Mad Dog Mercenaries are an irresistible temptation.

“How?”

Luten looked at Master Volito. As Benio said, this plan must have come from Volito’s head. It meant that Volito’s scheme, which seemed to foresee the future, was acknowledged by everyone.

“It’s simple. It’s money.”

“They say the mercenary king is not influenced by money.”

If the Mercenary King was motivated by money, the Kepler family would not have failed to hire him. The Kepler family had more money than the Mercenary King demanded.

Benio smiled at Luten’s question.

“You can do it by putting your honor and pride on the line.”

“yes?”

“I will spread the word throughout the continent. I, Benio Kepler, will challenge the mercenaries to a showdown. I will spread the word that if any mercenary can defeat me, he and his entire mercenary band will be knighted.”

“Are you talking about the knight?”

The power to appoint knights belongs to the nobles. Benio is expected to be the next Duke. So, anything Benio says will not be treated as mere nonsense.

“It is well known that mercenaries have an inferiority complex towards knights.”

Among mercenaries, there are many who feel inferior to knights. This is because although they live off the same swords, their status is very different.

To mercenaries, knights are an insurmountable wall. They differ in status and skill. So Benio plans to touch on their inferiority complex.

“Instead, if I win, the mercenary group must use the city of Pinguis as a base for ten years.”

“Even if you are not the King of Mercenaries, do you plan on attracting a mercenary group?”

“Because the Mad Dog Mercenary Corps alone aren’t enough.”

Benio was of course confident that the Mercenary King would come.

“That is a brilliant idea. If the King of Mercenaries actually agrees, then your lord will have nothing to lose.”

If Benio defeats the Mercenary King, the Mercenary King and the Mad Dog Mercenary Corps’ base will be Pinguis City. On the other hand, if Benio loses, the Mercenary King and the Mad Dog Mercenary Corps will become knights.

There is no such thing as a knight without a master, unless he loses his master to an unexpected accident.

Because a knight is a title that must be bestowed upon the lord who is the knight. So who would bestow the title upon them?

It’s Benioda.

The Mercenary King and the Mad Dog Mercenary Group become the Knights of Benio.

So Benio had nothing to lose. But there was a problem.

“I don’t think my lord would lose to a mere mercenary. But… would the mercenary king move?”

Even if dozens of mercenary groups gathered together, they would not be as famous as one mercenary king. Benio nodded.

“That may be so. That is why I would like to ask you a favor, Your Majesty.”

“If you ask me?”

“The Mercenary King. He is a man who is greedy for rare artifacts, isn’t he?”

“Sir, surely not, my lord.”

Benio nodded slowly.

“I intend to report to Your Majesty and borrow it. The Sword that Summons the Storm.”

Luten and Amblan’s mouths fell open.

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“The mercenary king?”

“Yes. Please lend it to me.”

“Stormbringer, are you serious?”

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“Yes, Your Majesty.”

It was only a week ago that I heard the news that Pinguis had been promoted to a city and had become the new mayor. And then Benio was right in front of me. That is to say, the next day, he rode his horse without rest and arrived at Casa Kepler.

Duke Kepler rested his chin on his hand as he watched his son elevate the village of Pinguis to a city in just half a year.

“If you weren’t successful, I would have told you to stop talking nonsense and go away.”

“I know.”

“You seem confident that I will give it to you.”

The Kepler family is the wealthiest family in the continent, having amassed the continent’s gold. The extent of the Kepler family’s wealth is so great that even Duke Kepler himself has difficulty estimating its size.

It would take all the clan administrators a week to figure out the entire family’s wealth. The Kepler family’s wealth is not just in gold coins.

The Kepler family’s wealth included real estate holdings of gold, shares of investment funds invested in potential merchants or artisans, bonds on estates lent to and received from other nobles, and even imperial bonds.

Art and artifacts are also included in the property. The works of art number in the thousands, from artists from eight hundred years ago to the best composers who dedicated songs to Emperor Amoria and musical instruments that produce heavenly harmonies.

Thousands of works of art were preserved and exhibited at the museum built in Casa Kepler.

Finally, the artifact.

Expensive artifacts cannot be converted into money. The airship, which is the symbol of the imperial family, is an example of this. Artifacts themselves contain history and legends and cannot be converted into price.

Stormbringer is one of them.

There are hundreds of legendary artifacts owned by the Kepler family. Among them, Stormbringer is one of the top ten treasures.

As its name suggests, it was a sword that called forth storms.

Stormbringer summons the natural disaster of storms. It is the sword of disaster. Stormbringer is known to the world through history books. According to old records, Stormbringer is the sword that brought down the wingless god who came down from the sky long before the alliance between the light dragon Shaeil and Devilheart.

Stormbringer is the sword of calamity and the natural enemy of all that flies.

Whether Stormbringer was the Sword of Disaster was only recorded in history books. But that alone was enough. Collecting such legends was a way to show off the wealth of the wealthy Kepler family.

“Yes. Because you must feel humiliated.”

“It’s humiliating.”

An emotion flashed in Duke Kepler’s eyes. It was anger. It was the emotion he had felt when the Kepler family name was thrown away in front of the mercenary king.

Duke Kepler held a grudge against the mercenary king.

“They want to use him.”

“You are using the mercenary king. What if he gets greedy?”

It is a widely known fact that the Mercenary King is very greedy for swords. There are even rumors that the Mercenary King was able to become an Auror Master despite not being a knight, because he read the history engraved on the sword.

The Mercenary King possesses over two hundred famous swords. If converted into money, that would be tens of millions of gold, so the Mercenary King is driven by swords rather than gold.

It is obvious that such a mercenary king would be interested in Stormbringer. He would not remain motionless after hearing the legend of the sword that calls forth storms.

Then the Mercenary King might get greedy. If he gets greedy, if he, the Auror Master, gets greedy, what should Benio do?

“If you were to steal that sword from me, who is only 18 years old.”

The reputation of the Mercenary King will fall to the ground, and he will be condemned by the Empire.

“How could I not be happy, since now I have an even greater reason to tame the King of Mercenaries?”

Duke Kepler’s eyes widened. Then, as if he knew Benio’s thoughts, his index finger tapped the desk faster.

“Tame it.”

“I just hope he becomes intoxicated by the sword’s magic.”

Benio’s eyes drew a line. Stormbringer was a trap. Benio had no intention of using the Mercenary King as a mere disposable tool.

Stormbringer is a trap to lure the Mercenary King.

The moment he, who is greedy for swords, reveals his greed for Stormbringer, the fishhook will catch the mercenary king.

“Why?”

“yes?”

“Mercenary King. It must be to make Pinguis City a trading base. But why are you so greedy for the Mercenary King?”

Setting up a trap for the Mercenary King is also a risky move for Benio, because his opponent is not just a mercenary, but the Mercenary King, an Aura Master.

Stormbringer is an exquisite piece that can move the Mercenary King’s heavy buttocks, but even without that, there were other ways to move the Mercenary King.

So, there is no need to go as far as mobilizing Stormbringer to provoke the Mercenary King.

“Have you ever done that, Your Majesty?”

Benio smiled brightly.

“When you were leading the great power called the Kepler family, you were always willing to hire talented people regardless of distance and cost.”

Duke Kepler’s eyes widened slightly.

“The same goes for the King of Mercenaries. If someone of that caliber has no master, isn’t it natural for him to be drooling?”

I will become the master of the mercenary king.

Benio’s eyes sparkled and he showed his greed. Duke Kepler’s lips twitched at that sight. For someone who rarely showed his emotions, this was a huge change in his emotions, equivalent to someone else bursting into laughter.

“then?”

“You can’t clap if you only have one hand. So just pretend to clap.”

“With Stormbringer?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Duke Kepler’s eyes darkened at Benio’s answer. And Benio waited for the words to come out of his mouth.

“Then what comes back to me?”

transaction.

This is the attitude that Benio took when dealing with Duke Kepler. There is no such thing as a free lunch, and even though they are rich, they are different from other rich people, so they will give what they have to give and take what they have to take.

Benio answered.

“We will distribute the Nobles of the Night and the Ladies of Flowers through the Upper Lukerum and the Upper Caritas.”

The night nobleman and flower lady that Benio had introduced in his inauguration speech were still spreading rumors in real time thanks to the free publicity team that had sat there with their butts glued to them a week after the inauguration ceremony.

Unlike other stimulants that only consume stamina, the Night Aristocrat induces proper sleep, leaving you feeling refreshed.

The Lady of Flowers improved wrinkles and healed scars without any side effects, causing an explosive surge in inquiries among noble women.

All of that was relayed to me in real time through Bernanke, for this moment.

“No deal.”

“You won’t regret it, Your Highness.”

A similar smile appeared on the lips of Benio and Duke Kepler.

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