Chapter 162: The Two Men Will Go All the Way Through (5)

Lake de Duran could tell that the guy in front of him was a really thorough person, contrary to his appearance.

It was understandable that he thought so.

“The important thing here is not the flowing river or the salmon, but the numbers and Morse code written behind it. The key here is to interpret the metaphorical expression behind the word ‘salmon’.”

“…I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Ignorant guy. Is a knight a knight just because you’re good at sword and spear? A knight also needs to read a book!”

“!?”

At that moment, anger welled up in Lake’s chest. He didn’t know if he’d feel this way if another person called him ignorant, but hearing it coming out from the thug’s mouth genuinely rubbed him the wrong way. Unfortunately, they were on the same side, so he could only listen to the thug’s rambling while gritting his teeth.

Regardless, this whole ordeal was really annoying and frustrating to him.

Without military codes and literary knowledge this is a difficult code to decipher…

I can’t believe that someone who looks like him would use such a code…

“It seems like one really shouldn’t judge a person by their appearance.”

“If you keep picking a fight with me, I’m actually gonna leave.”

“That’s too bad then. We’ve prepared ‘paella’ for dinner.”

“…”

“Still gonna leave?”

“Not bad. So someone who looks this awful knows how to trade, huh?”

“…I don’t want to hear that from you.”

Neither of them was willing to concede a single word to each other.

But suddenly…

“Anyway, I have a question.”

“What?”

“You could have just asked me to decipher it, why did you even try to decipher it and make it hard for yourself?”

“…”

“Do you have a thing for self-torture?”

“…W-Would you even tell me if I ask?”

Because of how flustered he was, Lake stumbled on his words for the first time.

But the other guy just shrugged.

“We have similar goals anyway, no?”

That statement clearly showed the guy’s intention to cooperate with him, leaving Lake to blink in confusion.

“…I thought you’re just following me because I said I’d give you food?”

“What kind of crazy guy would follow you because you’d give him food? I follow you because I am willing to cooperate.”

“…”

“Are you for real…?”

“Ahem!”

The guy’s bewildered remark continued, while Lake could only let out a loud cough as he listened to them.

Never did he feel so embarrassed in his life.

In truth, Lee Han had been planning to cooperate with either Galahad or Tristan if they were to approach him from the very beginning.

Those guys are more capable than I thought.

He found out that they weren’t only meticulous in their ways of dealing with the aftermath of an incident, but in other things as well. People like them were bound to be helpful. Of course, he could always handle this matter alone, but he knew that handling both the sultan and the Magic Tower on his own wouldn’t be an easy task.

That was why…

Slurp-!

“Naturally, I thought of cooperating with others.”

“That’s an extremely cool-headed judgment.”

“Right? But why doesn’t your brother know that?”

“It can’t be helped. The deputy commander is ignorant, or rather, a bit simple-minded…”

“Be quiet, Luna.”

“Don’t call me by my name in public. Call me Sir Bridget, Deputy Commander.”

“…”

Lee Han was sitting there quietly, listening to the siblings’ affectionate conversation while drinking his warm black tea. Though he was wearing a calm expression, he was actually also checking his condition in real time.

They said it was a medicinal spring, didn’t they? It’s as effective as the one in Vulcan.

After entrusting himself to the spring that was generously filled with precious medicinal herbs and potions, not only was his fatigue cured, but his injuries that had accumulated without him knowing were also cured. Other things like toxins and waste were also removed, making him feel incredibly comfortable.

In addition, after filling his stomach, his physical condition was at its best, and he felt like he could just spring into action right away.

As expected, things that are built with tons of money are the best.

The saying, ‘Money couldn’t solve everything’, was true, but the truth of the matter was that money could solve most things.

Lee Han was convinced of that now.

“You, why don’t you ask for the royal family’s cooperation?”

“Huh?”

“I can understand you asking others’ cooperation because it’s difficult to do it alone, but I don’t understand why’ you limited it to Galahad or Tristan instead of Pendragon.”

“…”

The Spear Guy was the one who asked that question, and that question left Lee Han rather dumbfounded.

Because it was such an obvious question that everyone should know the answer for.

“…Are you asking that because you really don’t know?”

“?”

“Just ask yourself, do you trust those white cats? Rather than teaming-up with them, it’d be better if I do it alone.”

He should know about those incompetent fucks already. Why is he asking such an obvious question?

It doesn’t seem like he wants to rile me up or something like that too.

“Umm… Aren’t you a member of the Silver Lion?”

“It’s because I am a member that I know they’d never be of any help. Well, my friend and my junior might be of some help, but they’re busy taking care of the reckless prince right now.”

“…Just what kind of place is the Silver Lion?”

“Whatever it is that you’re imagining, it’s worse than that.”

“…”

“Don’t give me that pitying look, you punk.”

“…If you want to get a bite to eat, just stop here whenever you want.”

“Stop pitying me!”

Suddenly, Lee Han felt a little sad.

Once again he confirmed that his workplace both in his previous life and in this life was quite a shitty place.

He lamented the bad and twisted fate he had.

“Galahad’s purpose hasn’t changed. Find the fanatics, root them out, burn them to ashes. That is the order His Excellency has given us.”

Unlike Lee Han, Galahad didn’t have any personal grudges against illegal mages. They were merely trying to chase after the fanatics.

Blood Cross.

Those cowardly and dirty things.

“If your research is correct, then Greg Bean is a fanatic mage.”

“Hmm, there’s about 80% that should be the case.”

“…Even though I am concerned about the remaining 20%. That probability is big enough to catch that mage.”

“Catching that magic freak won’t be the end of it, you know?”

“What do you mean?”

“…”

Lee Han hesitated for a moment, debating whether to say it or not.

While he was hesitating like that…

“Sir?”

“…Hmm.”

He realized that with the other knight—Luna—here, hiding it didn’t seem to be a smart idea, so he scratched head before continuing.

“…As you can see from reading my notebook, the Magic Tower and the magic freak are still keeping touch with each other. Recently, they have been making a lot more contact, and the reason for that is because Greg Bean has acquired some leads in his experiment. I assume that the Magic Tower is also preparing for something based on the experiment’s data.”

“Preparing something?”

“They’re planning to get their hands on the best [Mystic] in Pendragon. The way they put it sounds like they’re making a legitimate plan, but it’s really just theft at the end of the day.”

The sultan and the Magic Tower… Those cowards all have similar thoughts…

“Then?”

“Well, among their targets…”

─Galahad’s Demon Sword was also there.

The moment Lee Han finally revealed the information he had been hiding, the Spear Guy…

Boom-!

“…This vicious fuck. I guess he really is a Killer Star.”

In an instant, an incredibly thick murderous intent enveloped the surroundings.

Crackle-!

It was to the point where one would doubt whether ‘this kind of energy’ was a murderous intent that a single individual could have.

Said murderous intent wriggled around like a living creature, turning the surroundings into a mess.

Crackle-!

The chair he was sitting on, the desk around him, and the teacups were all smashed. Even the female knight had already run away from him, and Lee Han was the only one who could sit indifferently in front of the red wave of murderous intent.

“S-Sir, are you okay?”

“I’m okay, but that guy is dangerous. If he doesn’t control his spirit, he could just kill ten people at once with it.”

“…Lake’s evil spirit is like a sword without a sheath.”

“Yet, he got knighted somehow.”

The guy’s murderous intent was innate, and Lee Han was certain of that. He was amazed that someone with such a formidable murderous intent was living a normal life. It was really a miracle that he could live his daily life with this much energy.

To put it in other words, he was like a guy who possessed poison that could kill someone just by breathing. But somehow, he managed to control that poison all this time.

This was why Lee Han was so amazed at him.

“It’s His Excellency’s grace.”

“His Excellency?”

“Yes. It’s all thanks to His Excellency that my siblings and I are still alive. Not only that, it’s because of him that Lake can live a normal life. If it weren’t for him, Lake would probably have died a long time ago. But this is also why His Excellency is like a sore spot for him. He’ll take anyone who’s doing something bad, or planning to do something bad to His Excellency as a provocation since His Excellency is his benefactor, and someone who’s like a parent to him.”

“…I see.”

Lee Han understood. It wasn’t a strange thing to be infuriated if you were to hear that there was someone who was out for one’s benefactor’s life.

It was just, this guy…

He’s gonna get in trouble with a lot of people if he gets angry like this every time.

Crumble-!

The table collapsed like sand, unable to withstand the guy’s murderous intent. At one point, even the teacup completely shattered into pieces.

Lee Han let out a wry laugh at the spectacle, wondering if such a feat was possible with just killing intent.

Well, I guess that’s why his fist is so sharp.

The guy was much smaller than Lee Han, but during their first clash, he wasn’t pushed back at all.

A lightweight who wasn’t pushed back by a heavyweight.

If Lee Han tried to tell someone that such a guy existed, no one would believe it, but if they knew that he had always been holding back such a strong murderous intent, then it’d be a different story. What he had been doing was like wearing his murderous intent like it was full-body armor.

He’s wielding his killing intent like me wielding my Martial Power.

Just like Lee Han’s [Martial Power] which was like a Passive Skill, this guy’s murderous intent worked the same way.

Power wrapped in murderous intent. [Killing Power], it wouldn’t be strange to call it that.

There are so many interesting things in this world, huh?

If the champion of the North that Lee Han met the day before was born like Hercules or Xiang Yu, the Spear Guy was like a ‘flame’ and a ‘sword’ in human form. He could burn, destroy, and cut everything down at any time.

For Lee Han, it was like discovering a talent that surpassed all the knights, not just Maximus. However, rather than feeling jealous or inferior, he was filled with interest.

I want to experience it properly once…

He wanted to look into the Spear Guy’s Killing Power a little more.

If he really delved into it, he thought he would end up with a pretty interesting technique.

But that was something that could be done in the future.

For now…

“Rein your anger and get to work. There’s a lot to do.”

“…What are you trying to do?”

“Obviously everything.”

“??”

“You’re probably only thinking of chasing after the traces of the fanatics, but I’m different.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, I…”

-I’m gonna go all the way through…

Lee Han’s soft muttering contained the Lion’s Roar that he unconsciously unleashed. The Lion’s Roar contained his determination, fighting spirit, and spirit.

“…”

“…”

Due to that, the two siblings felt a slight chill.

His spirit was so strong that it instantly erased the murderous aura of the ‘Galahad’s Wrath’ that was also known as the evil spirit.

As she watched it happening, Luna Bridget’s eyes were filled with a faint illusion.

An armored Mountain Lord?

She blinked as she saw a large monster reminiscent of a Mountain Lord.

On one side was a wolf burning with a strong murderous intent, while on the other side was a monster with a strong spirit reminiscent of a large monster…

These people, no, these monsters, are gathering together…

At that moment, she felt sorry for those who were being targeted by them.

She wondered if there would be any bone fragments of those people left once they were done.