episode_0246

Battle to recapture Zenon Plains

The Enakan Plain a little while ago, where a fierce duel between two books was taking place.

The amazing sight of Liechtenauer, known as the strongest master on the continent, kneeling before the Duke of Tiruen was unfolding.

On Lichtenauer’s forearm, there was a trace of where the blade had grazed and a drop of blood had formed, and although no other injuries were visible, he was motionless and had an angry expression on his face.

“Damn it…! You bastard…what on earth have you done to me!!”

“Well… it’s no big deal. Just a little bit of drug was put on the sword”

Liechtenauer burst into anger at the sight of Tiruen looking at his sword blade and smiling slightly.

“Such a coward!! Are you still saying you’re a knight?! Poison is used in a sacred duel between knights!!”

“Ah… What a sad thing to say… Even so, I didn’t use poison. It’s just a simple numbing medicine”

“What does it mean to say that paralytic medicine is not poison!!”

Tiruen smirked as he watched Liechtenauer bursting out in anger at him.

“Hahaha!! This is just a numbing medicine for sick animals. It’s just… one drop is enough to make even an ox stop moving… I don’t know how anxious I was because the Lord didn’t show any response. Well, it doesn’t matter now that I’ve caught it…”

Quaaa!!

At that moment, after the dragon fist wind was created due to the clash between Yuno and Kayla, the dust gradually settled, and even though Yuno was revealed as the winner of the clash, Tiruen could not hide his deep smile.

“Now~ Looks like that side is coming to an end too… Let’s see… Oh!! Lord Liechtenauer. I think you can rejoice… This is the victory of His Majesty the Balkan Emperor!!”

“Innoom… Are you mocking me!!”

“A mockery? Hahaha, what kind of sad words… I’m telling you the current situation as it is”

“If you are not mocking me, why are you laughing at the defeat of the person who came to your side? Why does a man who is so famously a duke of a country resort to such cowardly measures and still not kill me!!”

Tiruen grinned at the sight of Liechtenauer continuing to roar and pointed in the direction of Yuno with the sword he was holding.

“At first, we tried to turn this war around by using the Empress Dowager as a hostage and expand the Zenon Plain into our territory… but now that the situation is like this, we will have to aim for something bigger”

“What if it’s bigger…? No way?”

When Liechtenauer opened his eyes wide as if he had guessed something, Thiruen nodded slightly.

“Yes. Here I will take you and the emperor you serve prisoner. And in exchange for you two, I plan to eat up the entire western Balkans”

Looking at Thiruen’s burning eyes, Liechtenauer realized that he was sincere.

“Do you think that will work! To do that, I have to defeat His Majesty first, but how can you, who are exhausted from fighting with me, defeat His Majesty…”

“Is that really the case? Of course, I am exhausted… but it seems that His Majesty the Emperor is also very tired… kekekekekeut”

When Lichtenauer took a closer look at Yuno at Tiruen’s words, he could see Yuno’s arms shaking slightly as he captured the unconscious Kayla and handed her over to Yuria, who was being protected by the knights.

‘Junho clearly lost his strength after trying to push that woman down with force… But even that bastard Tiruen is never safe… If I know Junho’s skills, he has a chance of winning… Hmm? Um, is that?!’

Suddenly, the ring Tiruen wore began to sparkle and light began to fill his body, and Liechtenauer opened his eyes.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Shame on you… Ah! This is it. This is another artifact given to me by His Majesty the King. Even though this is also a national treasure, I was able to write it because His Majesty the King cares so much for me”

“Really… Do you really have no awareness as a knight? A poison recovery artifact!! You should be ashamed…!”

“Shame? It has been a long time since we threw away personal honor for the glory of the nation. I might be dealing with a monster like you, but I’m not even prepared for this… That would be even more of a problem”

Liechtenauer bit his lip at Thiruen’s so confident attitude.

‘If this happens, Junho’s chances of winning are almost zero… Damn it! That bastard wasn’t moving through space like he told me to!! If I hadn’t come, it wouldn’t have been this reckless…’

He wanted to commit suicide by biting his lip right away, but his mouth was gagged and Liechtenauer became a complete prisoner.

Meanwhile, Tiruen had a brief conversation with someone through the communication port, and then returned to him completely irritated.

“Hahahaha!! They say your reinforcements are tied to our cavalry. Well… I can’t imagine that the emperor would be here, and I would assume that the headquarters has already been trampled, so that would be a wise decision. Isn’t that right? Lord Liechtenauer?”

“Ugh!!”

“Oh my… I was gagged too quickly. I wanted to hear an answer… but whatever. I guess I’ll have to enjoy the looks on the two people’s faces after taking the emperor prisoner. Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk”

Thiruen, confident of victory as he felt his stamina fully restored, sneered and slowly approached Yuno.

“Your Majesty the Emperor. The gift I prepared… did you like it? Tsk tsk tsk”

“What. It wasn’t bad. It was a fight that made Jim’s blood boil for the first time in a long time. But you… didn’t you say that you respect Lord Liechtenauer as a prosecutor? In Teseito, paralyzing drugs are used on people who are respected, right? Or maybe it was a lie”

Tiruen smiled brightly as he stared at Yuno, who was looking at him with contempt.

“First of all, it is true that I respect Lord Liechtenauer. But this is the country’s business. Personal feelings should not be prioritized. Should I be selective about what means and methods I have when dealing with someone who is more expert than me?

“Ugh… Well, since that’s the case, I don’t have anything to say. By the way, you guys… did you think Jim would come here? What were you planning to do if he didn’t come here and swept away your main force?”

“Anyway, it was a card that the author, Kayla, could not use unless she was Her Majesty. It was that kind of contract. I took it with me as insurance in case of an emergency. And I actually never imagined that His Majesty would come here. I didn’t know you would be stupid enough to stick your head in front of the enemy’s blade”

Cheaeng!!

Tiruen thrust his sword in front of Yuno’s eyes and infused a lot of mana into it, creating sword energy.

“The Balkans will fall today thanks to a foolish emperor like you. And we, Tesseito, will regain the throne of the empire and recreate the glory of a hundred years ago!”

“Well… you’re free to think what you want, but I don’t think our Balkans will fall today?”

“Hmph! You’re so arrogant… The Emperor, the Commander of the Guards, and the Empress Dowager have been taken prisoner, but will Balkan stay still? To save the lives of you three, the Balkans will have to give up the entire western Adriatic!!”

Yuno chuckled as he saw Tiruen showing off his hostility with a firm tone, unlike his polite tone so far.

“Tsk tsk… Taking Jim prisoner? And my mother too? How dare you… you don’t know much about the topic. You really won’t be able to run away today like that day”

Even though Yuno generated mana and used force, Tiruen’s face remained calm.

‘You’re so tired, but you’re showing off so much. Well… all they can do now is brag like that and wait for reinforcements. But what would their faces be like if they found out that the reinforcements they were waiting for had stopped? Tsk tsk tsk tsk’

“Hahahaha It’s nice to be confident, but being too confident can turn into arrogance! Let me tell you that today!”

“Really? Then, where should I try to receive those teachings? Haaa!!”

Kaang!!

The duel between the two began as they rushed at the same time, without any need to say who would attack first.

Quang! Kwaaaang!! Cheaeng!

The fighting spirit and sword energy clashed, unleashing a fierce attack, and the two’s new forms disappeared and reappeared repeatedly, clearly showing the scene of a fierce duel.

However, not only was Yuno’s strength clearly weaker than when he was dealing with Kayla, but the power of the fist felt by the sword was also less than half of the power that had hit his abdomen at first, so Tiruen’s smile grew even brighter.

‘As expected… you’re as exhausted as I expected. Considering the destructive attack from earlier, it’s probably natural. I was surprised when I saw its power, but since I’m human, I can’t unleash such an attack… Then!’

Unlike when dealing with Lichtenauer, Thiruen secretly reached into his back pocket and grabbed the medicine-coated dagger.

‘He will think that only my sword has been poisoned and will only focus on this area… So, if he strikes me with a dagger after inducing me once, he will definitely!’

Tiruen exposed a small gap, and Yuno launched an attack towards it as he had planned.

And then!

“Take it! Emperor! This is the end of the Balkans!”

Ssss!

The dagger thrown from Tiruen’s hand flew towards Yuno like a ray of light.

When the dagger flew towards the completely exposed abdomen rather than the hands and arms piled in the air, and hit that exact spot, Tiruen clenched his fist thinking that his plan had succeeded.

However, the sound he heard was not the sound of the blade sinking into flesh, but the sound of the blade bouncing off the rock.

Kaaaang!!

“Woah… I’m surprised… What is it? Was it just a surprise attack like that? The duke of a country and the best knight can throw away memorized words like a mere assassin… You must know the level of the Tesseito Kingdom hahahaha!!”

Yuno’s voice, full of ridicule, echoed throughout the battlefield.

The faces of the Tesseito knights turned red when they heard that, but surprisingly, Tiruen’s expression was calm.

“Tsk… It’s a shame this doesn’t work. No matter how much of an enemy country he is, he is in the position of emperor, so I wanted to end him with a minor wound if possible… but now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to cut off one of his limbs and take him away!!”

“If you can do it!!”

The duel resumed with Yuno’s words.

However, contrary to his confident words, the mana in Yuno’s body was gradually decreasing, and the energy in his fist was gradually fading, and Tiruen smiled and began to relax at the thought that he had secured victory.

“Phew… It’s really amazing. I would like to praise you for your efforts to train yourself so far despite having held the noble position of a prince and currently sitting in the position of universal recognition as an emperor”

“Huuu their who he is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one?

“Then isn’t it? Take a look around. Emperor. Your guard knight commander is our prisoner, and you are struggling, completely depleted of stamina and mana while fighting the master I prepared. Moreover, our troops have completely surrounded this place. If you don’t take your time in this situation, when will you do it?”

“Kkkk But there’s one thing you don’t know…”

Tiruen tilted his head at Yuno’s words.

“If you’re talking nonsense, I’ll listen to it later. So, this is the end…”

“Recovery is not something that only you can do, right? Mother!!”

When Yuno called Yuria, warm energy burst out from Yuria’s body, who was protected by the Guard Knights from behind.

As the warm feeling erupted into the sky, brightening up the night sky, everyone’s eyes turned to it.

“Yuno!! Cheer up!!”

Since Yuria had only focused on Yuno until now, as soon as Yuno called her, she stretched out her hand while calling her son’s name, and the warm light that was radiating toward the sky shot toward Yuno.

After a while, Yuno’s body, which received the light sent by Yuria, began to emit a much larger energy than the one felt at the start of the battle, and Tiruen could not hide his embarrassed face.

“This… what on earth?”

“Then… shall we start the second round now? Duke of Tiruen? Only now can we have a fair fight. Tsk tsk tsk”

*Illustration ver 1 of Yuria Maman healing Yuno

*Yuria Maman, who heals Yuno (exposure uniform ver.)