The Lazy Genius of the Duke - Chapter 228



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The Lazy Genius of the Duke’s Family (228)

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The Duke left Casa Kepler in a hurry after a brief meeting with Benio. Normally, the Duke should have been at the front lines, but with the formation of a joint front between the Amorian Empire and the Duchy of Orange in the war led by the Kepler family, the Duke of Kepler’s duties as a non-general or commander became ambiguous.

It is always better for the command of the battlefield to be concentrated in one place.

Duke Kepler, who knew that the war was caused by the death of his son, did not become greedy because of that.

Duke Kepler, whose heart was filled with the rage over Crito’s death, followed the cause.

To find out the truth about Crito’s death and punish the mastermind. For that moment, Duke Kepler decided to step down from the front lines and take charge of the supplies in the rear.

“Popularization. It’s not an easy task.”

“Your Majesty, it is something you can do when you have the time.”

“I guess so?”

The commander-in-chief, Implor, was also absent along with the duke. As a result, the duke’s castle was not as lively as usual.

Director Implo was the person in charge of the large and small household affairs of the dukedom for a long time.

He was not authoritarian, and was an excellent confidant who filled in for Duke Kepler where he was lacking, so all the servants of the duchy wholeheartedly obeyed the orders of the implorer-general and respected Duke Kepler.

It was not strange that the atmosphere of the dukedom felt sagging without him.

“Don’t you feel sorry, Captain Patong?”

When Duke Kepler went to battle, some of the Knights of the Rose, the Knights of the Thunderbolt, and the Knights of the Sunset were present.

However, the Rhino Knights were not called. The Rhino Knights were the last bastion responsible for the Dukedom, so they did not accompany the battlefield.

With that on his mind, Benio asked the Patong captain walking beside him, but when he saw his face, he thought he had asked a pointless question.

“No way.”

The Patong captain did not look at all regretful. Instead, his eyes were burning with a sense of duty. I didn’t have to ask where that sense of duty came from.

The fact that the Duke entrusted the Duchy to the Rhino Knights in the absence of even the Duke means that the Duke trusts the Rhino Knights to that extent.

Benio smiled brightly at the sight of such a patriotic leader.

“I envy you, Your Majesty.”

Then the Patong captain smiled back.

“Then wouldn’t it be a good idea for you to grow up well and succeed His Majesty the Duke?”

Patong responded in a cool way to the comment that he was envious of the trust between the Knights of Rhino and the Duke. If Benio succeeds the Duke as the next Duke, the four Knights of the Duke’s family will swear allegiance to Benio anyway.

“I guess so.”

The atmosphere in the castle was heavy. The instability of not having a master was secretly permeating the atmosphere. Benio wiped his nose.

“I heard the situation is good?”

“It is only natural that the Prince of Orange has come to power and the 1st Imperial Corps has joined. Even if the Kingdom of Sanguis is quite powerful, there are more than three Masters mobilized.”

“Isn’t that on the level of an all-out war?”

Benio’s eyes widened considerably at the news that three Masters had joined the battle. It was inevitable that news from the front would arrive a little late to Benio, who was stuck in Pinguis, a foreign land in the North.

“Monsteria is such a rugged place that it would be burdensome for both the Empire and the Principality to wage an all-out war. After all, it is the land of monsters, Monsteria.”

There the swordsman fell. He had been given the title of the First Swordsman of the Empire, had received the Emperor’s approval, and was called the Swordsman, an honorary duke. He had fallen.

It was the Kingdom of Sanguis that defeated him. It is unknown how the swordsman was defeated, but in any case, it prevented the war from escalating into an all-out war.

Land of Monsters.

What would happen if people found out that the Kingdom of Sanguis was the Devil Heart that brought humanity to the brink of destruction a thousand years ago?

‘There will be people who say that it can be ignored as outdated history from a thousand years ago, and those who say that it should be eradicated.’

The history of a thousand years ago, and the lessons and horrors it taught, are forgotten by people faster than we think. Because we did not live through that era, it becomes one of the countless things that only appear in history books.

The Eight Warriors and the forces they rooted in still live on, but even they cannot empathize with the horrors of a thousand years ago.

So there will be a heated debate.

Main wave and counter wave.

If that happens, humanity will be divided. Unlike a thousand years ago, no, perhaps we will repeat the same mistakes we made a thousand years ago.

‘Blood Cult and Devil Heart. And Heavenly Horse.’

A chill ran down Benio’s arm. Perhaps that was what the men who had driven this continent to destruction, the Jungwon Martial Arts Faction and the Evil Faction, and the Demonic Cult and Blood Cult that had trampled its history in blood were after.

May the continent split apart, so that there will be a gap for them to dig into.

It may have started with the death of Crito and the series of events that followed. Many people may not have noticed it, but Benio has seen many traces of the Blood Cult, from the tragedy of Dudek to the Ruby Village disaster and the Roche Festival.

And the fact that the Kingdom of Sangwi believes in the Heavenly Horse.

The huge shadow, the storm approaching, but the fact that only a few people knew about it weighed heavily on Benio’s chest for a moment.

“Your Highness?”

“yes.”

At that moment, Patong’s voice woke Benio. Benio answered while gasping for breath. Patong, a huge man as solid as a rock, smiled.

“Don’t worry too much. His Majesty the Duke will return safely.”

“yes.”

Patong misunderstood. However, Benio did not bother to correct the misunderstanding. No matter how much he warned that a crisis was coming, Benio’s voice did not reach the listeners.

‘Greater fame. Greater power. Greater strength.’

We need things like that that can make people listen to their voices. Benio clenched his fists. This time, he will not be unilaterally swayed by the Heavenly Demon Emperor like he was in the Central Plains martial arts world.

If you know it and still do it, you’re an idiot.

‘You were already an idiot once. If you become an idiot again, you’re truly an idiot with no excuse.’

At that moment, Benio’s head started to throbbed. It wasn’t because of will or determination. It was because of physical force.

“Chief Patong.”

“yes?”

“What kind of device is this?”

Patong was amazed.

“Did you feel it?”

“yes?”

“Your Highness, your talent is not limited to swordsmanship. That’s right. It’s magic.”

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So, what made Benio’s head tingle was the magic circle. To be exact, it means that Benio sensed the mana waves emitted by the magic circle.

Because Benio learned magic.

“This is a magic circle that the former Duke of Verum installed at the request of the former Duke of Kepler.”

The first head of the Hyeryong family was Carol Verum, the Great Wizard of Truth and one of the eight warriors. The Verum family is the only one of the three generations of ducal families to have had female dukes succeed them.

The previous Duke of Verum was also a female duke and the only 8th circle archmage in the empire. The founder, the Archmage of Truth, is said to have reached the ultimate 9th circle, but since then, no 9th circle archmage has been born in humanity.

Anyway, it is a magic circle installed by an 8th circle archmage.

“They say you need at least 5 circles to detect mana waves, but Your Highness, you can already feel it.”

Perhaps it was because of the Guyang Shingong that I felt this wave.

Benio smiled awkwardly. After four months of consistent training, the depth of the Guyang Shingong had deepened, and the magic had reached the third circle.

“I’ll stop here, Your Highness.”

Patong received orders from Duke Kepler, who had left for the rear supply base, and led Benio here. However, this was the only place he could enter.

“Then who will be next from here….”

Slurp

Benio’s right arm and half of his chest were covered in flames. At the same time, the three halos emitted brilliant light from above his head, and half of the fire spirit was pulled out.

It’s because of the sudden presence of people.

“This path, seeing Confucius grow up, I think he would have no regrets even if he died in Ye-seo.”

The space was filled with only the admiration of Patong for Benio’s perfection. Benio put the sword that was halfway drawn back into its scabbard.

For a moment, my spine tingled, but then I realized it was a familiar presence.

“net.”

“Meet the Archduke. My name is Sinus of the Net.”

“Captain of the net!”

This net boasts stealth skills that even Benio, a top-tier expert and the pinnacle of martial arts, cannot detect.

Bernanke could now feel it, even if only faintly, but Sinus felt nothing.

So, the body reacted on its own. However, Patong was not nervous at all, as he seemed to have known in advance that Sinus would appear.

“Chief Patong!”

“Hahaha. I’m sorry, Your Highness.”

When Benio opened his eyes wide and looked at Patong, Patong nodded. After apologizing like that, he was in a situation where he couldn’t just vent his frustration.

Benio shook his head.

“Then, will you guide me, Shinus?”

“Yes. I will guide you to the treasure vault.”

The Kepler family report.

The report was buried deep within the dukedom. It contained all the treasures the Kepler family had collected over the past thousand years.

There are also treasures that cannot be stored in the Kepler Museum, built right next to the castle, for security reasons.

Benio entered the Kepler family’s treasury, which many famous thieves over the past thousand years have sought to access but never once breached.

“Have a nice day, Your Highness. I will be waiting here.”

Benio followed behind Sinus, escorted by Patong. Sinus, the leader of the net, was a survivor of a fallen noble family. Sinus, who was saved by Duke Kepler, was loyal only to Duke Kepler.

He is another one who, along with General Implo, is loyal only to Duke Kepler and not to the Kepler family.

Sinus was silent. Benio followed him silently.

“Stand here.”

Benio stood in one place under Sinus’ guidance. And the moment Sinus activated something, Benio felt his body being sucked into somewhere.

It’s teleportation.

Pfft!!!

As the light flashed, Benio felt himself standing in a different space. Benio made a bewildered expression.

“Teleportation magic circle?”

“Yes. Only a very select few with Your Majesty’s permission can operate it.”

Benio realized why the treasury had never allowed anyone to enter. The family treasury was a place that could only be accessed through teleportation magic.

So, for generations, only one duke knew exactly where the report was.

“This.”

“This is the history of the Kepler family.”

The report was huge. But it wasn’t fancy. But it didn’t have to be fancy. Dozens of narrow platforms stood tall in three rows, and dozens of legendary treasures were sleeping on them.

And at the very end there was a sword.

“This is it.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Sinus touched something next to the stage. He felt mana moving slightly. It seemed to be engraved with a magic circle that only reacted to certain mana waves.

Then, the glass tube that had been protecting the sword disappeared. It was not physical glass, but a transparent defensive spell that was also maintained by magic.

“Can I come in?”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Benio stretched out his hand. The Stormbringer, the sword that summoned storms, the mythical sword that brought down the nameless god, was an ordinary-looking iron sword.

But Benio could feel it instinctively.

As a swordsman, I faced the great scale of history.

Kuk.

Benio grabbed the sword. And he lifted it. At that moment, Benio’s eyes widened. It was because he felt a chill as if a huge wind was piercing through his body.

But at that very moment, a warm energy rose up inside Benio’s body as if to protect him.

[Don’t bother my master!!!]

That’s the power of the spirit. Benio heard Sally screaming, but his body didn’t move. Then, a huge explosion occurred inside Benio’s body.

Kkwarreung!!

It was as if the atmosphere had become turbulent and was carrying a storm, and it was an explosion that scratched everything in the world.

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