Chapter 375: 375

“Kuek! I can’t just die… in here!”

An old knight was walking on the unsteady path of the mountain .

His colorful armor and uniform were torn and broken everywhere, and the white hair on his head was ruffled .

His steps stumbled every time he tried to take a step while holding his stomach with one hand and using the other hand to use his sword as a cane .

The old knight was Duke Butler .

Due to the betrayal of Marquis Vanden, he had lost everything . However, he managed to escape with his life at the expense of his men .

“Vanden… Rudolf… I will take your necks! Even if I have to sell my soul to the devil himself!”

With a terrifying goal, he was running away, but the resentment of Butler didn’t die down .

Sniff .

“There are blood marks here!”

“Catch him! He couldn’t have gotten much farther away!”

From behind, he heard the cries of the Emperor’s dogs who were pursuing him .

It took less than an hour for a few knights to spot out the enemy .

His long struggle had failed .

“This way! Butler is here!”

Butler hurried at the shouts of the soldiers who were chasing him .

However, the dog’s under the Emperor ran and caught the leg of Butler .

“Keuk! These hybrid dogs!”

Catch! Catch!

After wielding his sword and slicing the two, the other dogs began to attack him too .

But in the meantime, the chasing men appeared .

“HuHuhu . If we cut the throat of this old man, we can get the title of Marquis and a manor… Keuk!”

The knight, who looked down on Butler, got his neck choked on a spear .

The soldiers, who were scared, didn’t approach the man .

“Tch, I am a dragon inside…”

The leader, who was leading the pursuit, raised his hand .

The archers aimed at Butler .

“Launch!”

When the orders fell, dozens of archers pulled their arrows .

Swosh! Swosh!

The arrow that flew threw the wind poured down like rain on Butler .

Butler wielded his sword to avoid the incoming arrows, but with his injuries, he wasn’t able to block all the arrows .

“Kuek! Kuak!”

Starting from his leg, dozens of arrows hit his entire body .

His armor did prevent him from dying, but the pain he had to bear was too much .

Thud .

Butler, who had no strength, sat down .

The soldiers, who thought that they had neutralized him, began to gather around and narrow the space they had with him .

The leader on the horse had himself got down, but Butler had no strength to even move a finger .

‘It is over! This is my end!’

It was so frustrating that tears of blood flowed from Butler’s eyes .

“Goodbye, Duke Butler . I will keep your manor and title and take your body to His Majesty… Kuak!”

The leader was about to end Duke Butler’s life when he threw up blood and screamed .

Behind him was a masked knight with a mando (wooden practice sword) on his back .

‘Who is he? I have no idea!’

Butler wasn’t the only one with that question running in his head .

The knights and soldiers, who were chasing Butler, were flustered at the sudden interruption .

“Y-you, who are you?”

One of the knights pointed his sword at the masked man and asked with a cold voice .

“Reichard de Baroque . ”

“W-what?”

Listening to the unexpected name, the knights were all shocked .

Maybe their reaction was satisfactory to the masked knight because he laughed a little .

“However, right now, I am Orc Hero Shaikan . ”

At the end of those words, the orcs’ goblin army began to pop out from the forest .

Kikikikiki!

Kaaaak!

The startled knights and soldiers attempted to counterattack, but the monsters were much faster .

With just a few of the monster’s spear wielding, the men died .

The knights fought back, but when they all rushed in, they were slaughtered .

Duke Butler could only stare at Shaikan with shock and amazement .

‘T-this man is the 3rd prince of the past Emperor, Reichard? I am sure that he was declared dead…?’

The 3rd prince, Reichard, was known to have been killed by an unidentified assassin while heading to his home lordship with Empress Magdalene .

However, the same rumored man had appeared there and insisted that he was the 3rd prince, so Butler was forced to think back .

‘Maybe he is an imposter using the 3rd prince identity?’

While Butler was trying to figure out all the possibilities…

He sensed an enormous power emanating from Shaikan’s body .

“T-this is…!”

The energy, which was emanating from his body, was too hard for even a Sword Sage to handle .

“Dragonic aura . It is the power that only those who have awakened the blood of God Dragon Tiamet can perform . ”

“D-Dragonian!”

A legend that was passed down in the family of the Baroque .

Butler was aware of it, but he didn’t find it truthful enough to believe .

Drrr!

When Butler was shocked by Shaikan, he opened up his shirt to give out proof .

On his chest was a dragon scale .

As Shaikan’s Dragonic aura radiated, the scales began to spread over to his neck and shoulder .

“Oh, oh my god!”

The legend about the Dragonian wasn’t a lie!

At the shocked expression of Butler, Shaikan brought out his mando and cut his hand with it, making his blood drip .

He reached out to Butler, who was soaking in blood .

“You are dying . You have a stronger vitality than the others, but you won’t last long . You can live by drinking my blood which is filled with Dragonian aura . But…”

Butler, who was ready to drink the blood, stopped when he heard the following words .

“The souls of the ones who drink the blood of the dragon will regard me as their master . If the owner lives, you live . If the owner dies, you die . ”

“… . ”

“What do you plan on doing? Would you accept it?”

Butler thought for a moment .

“What will I get if I became your subject?”

“Your family will thrive forever with the new nation that I’ll build . ”

“New nation…?” Asked Butler .

“Yes . I will destroy the Baroque Empire and rebuild the Libiya Kingdom . ”

The Countess of Ebra, Reichard’s mother, was a descendant of the people of the fallen kingdom of Libiya .

Butler was aware of it too, but he felt embarrassed and flustered when he said about rebuilding a nation that was destroyed 500 years ago .

Founding such a nation was impossible without considerable preparation and enthusiastic movement .

Although he had seen the power of the God Dragon, did Reichard have the needed political foundation?

“But, first of all, I want to take revenge on that Rudolf . How about that?”

That was the one thing needed .

It didn’t matter if Reichard could build a new kingdom or not .

The most important thing for Butler was revenge .

Butler was determined . He put down the sword in his hand and looked at Shaikan .

“If you can overthrow that crazy Emperor and that traitor, I am willing to be your servant . ”

Butler drank the blood that was dripping from Shaikan’s hand .

The blood of the dragon’s aura that entered his body cooled down his body .

Along with enhanced metabolism, his body recovered several times faster than normal .

“Kuak! Kaaak!”

His wounds began to burn as they healed .

His aura, which wasn’t able to form because of his severely injured body, began to go back to normal .

‘To recover this quick! Is this the power of those who inherit the blood of the God Dragon?’

Duke Butler was amazed, seeing his body recover at an astonishing speed . He looked over when Shaikan’s words interrupted his amazement .

“Get up . If you want to overthrow Rudolf, we have a lot to do in the future . ”

“Yes, Master!”

Butler followed Shaikan who was moving into the group of monsters .

The key to the Western Army, which Rudolf hadn’t completely eradicated, was in the hands of Shaikan, who was secretly building forces within the Empire .