"Bang!"

"Ugh…w-who are you? Cough…W-What are you doing to me?"

At the top of the tower in the center of the chamber, Hugo shouted in panic while looking at an ordinary girl in a maid's outfit.

Though she seemed so ordinary that he wouldn't give her a second glance outside, at this moment, his eyes were filled with terror.

After all, this seemingly ordinary maid directly cleaved his Death Knight into two with a wave of her hand.

Heck, she didn't even use any weapon. Just a bright light of mana cleaved his Weaver Rank Peak Death Knight into two without even a chance to defend.

Such a fierce battle with so many deaths, even Velmara was having a hard time fighting his undead, but…everything changed instantly as soon as she appeared.

Honestly, Hugo was still confused before he was dragged ruthlessly here like a chicken.

'I-Is she someone from the royal family? Damn it, didn't that man promise that nobody would disturb me inside?'

Hugo's heart skipped a bit at that thought. Someone who could handle that Death Knight so easily must be from the Lord Realm, and such persons were almost all from the royal family.

If his guess was true, and he was found using dark magic right at the base of the capital, he couldn't even imagine what his state would be.

Just thinking about it almost made him want to commit suicide immediately.

Poor him, he wasn't as brave as his clan leader in that regard. He could only shiver in dread, awaiting his doom.

"I kept him alive, just like you said. Everything's been done, will that be enough?"

Just when Hugo was going through a rollercoaster of emotions, the ordinary maid suddenly spoke, seeming to address someone in front.

'Her superior?'

Hearing her words, Hugo was even more afraid as he felt someone far stronger than her had arrived.

He couldn't help but shiver in fear while slowly turning his head to look at the exalted figure who came here on the order of the Royal family to kill demons.

'Eh…Lucien? Why is he here?'

But when he saw who it was, he was completely dumbfounded.

After all, it was actually Lucien, with the same girl in his arms, just like he saw on the stage before.

'B-but…why will someone so strong like her follow his order?'

He thought in shock, not believing his eyes. If Lucien had the help of someone that powerful, would Duke Castor dare to lay a finger on his family?

Of course not! He wasn't an idiot.

But the truth was right in front, even if Hugo didn't want to believe it.

"Yeah, it seems enough. Where is Velmara, though?"

Lucien looked at the dumbfounded Hugo, draped in his black robe, and then asked Clara again, who seemed annoyed.

After meeting him, this maid's face was always filled with annoyance and anger. She seemed really dissatisfied with him being near Sera.

"I am here. Don't worry. Like she said, everything is over."

As soon as Lucien asked about him, Velmara suddenly appeared in his small form, perched atop his shoulder just like before.

Only now, his expression was a little rough, with bits of wounds here and there, and his feathers were already scarce enough to leave bald spots.

It seemed this fight had taken a huge toll on him.

"Are you alright?"

Lucien couldn't help but ask in concern after seeing him in this state. After all, Velmara did everything just for him.

"Haha…what can happen to me. I am alright, don't worry."

But Velmara just laughed at his concern, indicating there wasn't an issue.

Rather, he seemed refreshed after having a hearty battle after such a long time.

As a beast, battle was very necessary for his growth. Only when he had a long battle could he know his shortcomings and improve accordingly.

A few injuries during the process were really nothing.

"I also contacted Malcolm just now, and he said everything will be alright. He just asked you to return to the capital immediately."

Velmara said again, conveying the news he got.

Previously, after Hugo released the demonic bead and summoned the Death Knight, some kind of interference blocked their communications.

It seemed they were sealed inside without the ability to contact the outside.

But when Clara came and destroyed the Death Knight, thereby directly disconnecting the demonic power, everything returned to normal.

"Hmm? Oh, okay then. Let's go."

Lucien raised his eyebrows and nodded at Velmara. Since his grandpa had said to return to the capital, there should be no problem.

Besides, he could already feel that the Crimson BroodQueen had killed everyone inside the entire chamber, just like he ordered.

So, basically, those who were alive right now were only them.

"Lord Lucien, can I come inside?"

Well, except Balthor of course, who was outside standing awkwardly with a broken axe in his arm.

He seemed quite embarrassed with grievous wounds everywhere that were slowly healing on their own.

Today, if he didn't have the bloodline of a giant, and his body weren't so strong, he would have died without a doubt.

He never thought headless Kurma could corner him so much. Although he was influenced by the demonic fog at that time, Kurma was also cheated somehow.

All the pride of killing his opponent went down the drain. Not to mention the broken Axe in his hand…

…Balthor was dejected.

"What happened to your Axe?"

Sure enough, as soon as Lucien looked out of the window, he saw his broken Axe and injured body.

For his injuries, he could still understand, but the Axe.

That was a rare rank weapon after all. How could it be broken so easily?

"Cough…Lord Lucien, the Axe is just….a little broken…"

Balthor didn't know how to answer and smiled awkwardly while scratching his temple embarrassingly.

"I can see that. I ask, how did you manage to break it?"

Lucien rolled his eyes at the Giant and asked again, this time with a little stern tone. This stupid guy was a little slow at communication, it seemed.

"Umm…it was an accident."

Balthor really didn't seem to want to talk about it. But seeing the increasingly cold eyes of Lucien, he flinched and then finally poured out everything.

"Cough…so, I was fighting Kurma's dead body, but wasn't doing too good."

Due to the demonic influence, his 'Veil of Shadow' skill got too powerful, and I was having a hard time dealing with him."

He continued,

"Just when I was on the verge of death, suddenly a senior appeared out of nowhere and helped me kill that guy.

"Just…while helping, seniors' blow touched my Axe lightly and this happened."

Balthor said awkwardly. To be honest, saying this felt like he was too ungrateful.

After all, that senior saved his life, and he was here, blaming his saviour for his broken weapon.

No matter how he looked at it, it sounded cowardly.

But what could he do? Although Lucien did give him the Axe, he was the ultimate master of both him and it.

He didn't have any say on this.

"Is that so?"

However, Balthor didn't know that after hearing his words, Lucien's attention went towards an ordinary maid who was actively dodging his eyes.

'Is this how you retaliate?'

Lucien was speechless at Clara.

He didn't believe this girl did that accidentally. Such a strong person, and she couldn't control her power completely, who were you kidding?

He was one hundred percent sure that Clara did that intentionally to express her anger.

"Lucien, Clara might have missed. I am so sorry, I will make sure to reimburse you when I return. Can you forgive her?"

Poor Sera didn't know about the war going in between Lucien and Clara and thought he was angry at her for destroying his assets.

So, she immediately apologized and offered to reimburse, surprising both of them. She was just…too simple.

To be honest, when Lucien saw her rowdy and cruel nature the first time he met, he never thought Sera could have such sides.

"Haha…what are you saying? Why do you need to say sorry and reimburse me? Do you think I lack such things?"

Lucien laughed and pinched Helena's (Sera's) nose in a teasing way.

Then, he finally looked at Balthor, standing stupidly below the tower and ordered in a cold voice.

"Okay, no need to worry about such small things. I will give you better weapons later."

"For now, just leave and heal your wounds. I will call you up when it is time."

He said, lightly waving his hand.

"Thank you, Sir Lucien…thank you. I will leave right now."

Balthor breathed a sigh of relief and directly bowed and left once he saw that Lucien wasn't angry. As for his promise of another weapon, he didn't care.

He was lucky that he didn't get blamed. Why would he get greedy all of a sudden?

"Okay, let's leave too then. Velmara, you take care of that guy for me and don't let him die."

Now that the situation was under control, Lucien also decided to leave this place. But before that, he pointed at Hugo and asked Velmara to handle him.

After all, this was the only guy from whom he still hadn't collected a debt. He couldn't let this chicken die without getting a golden egg, could he?

"Umm…"

As Velmara nodded, Lucien once again returned to the room where he had been teleported before and took his token out of his mana ring, intending to depart.

Now that everything was over, it was finally time for him to enter the Shadow Kingdom and officially step into that chaotic and mysterious world.

Lucien knew that the World of Origin wouldn't be as forgiving as this one, and he would definitely suffer a lot.

But with the system in his hand, he couldn't help but look forward to what it had to offer.

He couldn't wait!

Really!

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