Chapter 396: 396

In the Count Felipe estate to the southwest of the Baroque Empire .

A new flag was fluttering on the land, the land which had the strongest military power and largest neutral territory .

The flag with a Dragon crest like the Baroque Imperia family, but the difference was the dragon had its wings wide open .

Many of the guards which were around the flag were orcs, goblins, and monsters .

Monsters armed with steel weapons, such as any human soldiers were faithfully guarding the region without any distractions .

And the human knights and soldiers seemed relatively unconcerned .

In the beginning, the humans seemed rather cautious to see the monsters move around them .

However, after recognizing that the monsters wouldn’t harm them, they began to do their duties .

“It seems more like an elite soldiers than a monster . ”

“They are definitely much better than the new recruits of our troops . ”

“How can they be like that? Did they submit themselves because of some weird magic?”

In front of the knights who were mumbling, an armed orc came ahead .

The orc which seemed incredibly overwhelming when compared to the size of a troll spoke to the knights with a flimsy voice .

“Kuek, not magic . Our king has the power of God Dragon . Orc, submit to the power of the dragons . The power of the God Dragon made the orc strong and clever . ”

“Uhm, that so? Even being a monster, you know how to handle the bows and fire guns . ”

“Woah, the power of a draconian is surely amazing . ”

The knights recalled the first time they had met the ‘king’ .

The man whom Count Felipe had introduced as a new king to take down the tyrant Emperor was a masked man .

The masked man brought in tens of thousands of monsters from the territory, and he was the Orc Hero Shaikan who turned the Navarre duchy upside down .

Shaikan, who appeared with a mask in front of the neutral nobles, gathered all the remnants of the Western Army into the mansion, claimed himself to be the 3rd crown prince, Reichard de Baroque, and a legitimate successor to the Libiya Kingdom .

When the words spread, everyone seemed rather suspicious than surprised .

In the midst of the turmoil with the Empire due to the civil war, he seemed like a fraudster trying to take advantage .

Although Duke Butler stood beside the man to guarantee his claim, the words of a man who lost to the Emperor had no authority .

That was when Shaikan, who had awakened the power of the Draconian transformed into a dragon and roared, and the doubts in the minds of nobles disappeared at once .

Everyone wet their pants and decided to obey the man .

“Then who would win over your king and the Crazy Emperor?”

“Obviously our king will win . No matter how strong Emperor Rudolf was, he was still a human, but our king is half human and half dragon, with the power of the God Dragon . ”

“Right . He can split a Gigant with a single strike . ”

At the knights who were constantly talking, the orc which was near them screamed .

“Knights, stop talking . Get into your position . ”

“Ah, that orc is nagging us… Uh! What are you doing?!!”

The orc grabbed the knight who was mumbling and lifted him into the air .

And spoke with a much colder voice than before .

“I am much stronger than a knight . And my rank is higher too . I’ll have to hit you if you mess around . ”

“Ah, understood! So just stop now…”

“Kuek! Speak with respect!”

“Understood, I was wrong! I won’t ever do that again!”

Upon hearing those words, the Orc released the knight who was full of himself, and the knights went back to patrolling the area .

Count Felipe, who was looking at the scene from a window spoke .

“No matter how important, to keep a monster above a human…”

However, a cold voice from behind entered his ears .

“It was decided by the king . If you have any objections, you can go and ask him yourself . ”

The count turned .

He caught the glimpse of the man who spoke such cold words .

An old knight seated in a chair, and he was the representative of the Western nobles, Duke Butler .

Duke Butler had appeared alongside Shaikan, and he was currently the lieutenant general of the Libiya Kingdom and commander .

“And not all of the monsters are above the humans . ”

“That is true…”

In fact, it was the truth, only a handful of monsters were superior or high ranked than the regular knights .

But for humans like Count Felipe, humans had to be superior, unconditionally .

“The thought is good, but a diligent monster is much better than a lazy human . And a hundred times better to believe a loyal monster than a man without good faith and loyalty . ”

Crack!

The moment Butler said that the pen in his hand broke .

In his mind, the image of Marquis Vanden, the traitor had flashed .

Cough!

Count Felipe choked when the energy coming out of Butler’s body was suffocating him .

“Oh, please calm down, Duke!”

With that plea, Butler immediately came back to reality .

Perhaps the energy he had released was of anger, but all the devices and things inside the office were all smashed .

And Count Felipe was breathing out cold air, drenched in sweat as if he had come out from a steaming room .

“Oh my, I am sorry . I began to have a bad memory when I was talking . ”

“It is alright . I can understand . ”

Maybe it was better to not talk about monsters . It was because it looked like Butler could crush the bones in his body when talked about humans and monsters .

Even if the man was still defeated by the Emperor, Duke Butler was still the Sword Sage of the Baroque Empire .

Felipe, who was determined to live, changed the subject of the conversation .

“That is okay, but there are people talking about the national marriage . ”

“National Marriage?”

“Yes, His Majesty is still unmarried . Some nobles say that he should choose a lady for the nation so His Majesty can be able to focus more on the foreign affairs . ”

Butler chucked at Felipe’s words .

“Uh, those men speak too simple . Thinking, speaking, and wielding power will be much better . ”

“hahaha…”

The words of Butler made Felipe sweat again . And he didn’t want to be wrong, he was actually aiming for the position .

Felipe who only had sons was already willing to adopt a step-daughter from his distant relatives .

However, there was an enemy .

A woman who empowered Shaikan by integrating 15 small and medium estates across the western and southern Empire .

Felipe who recalled ‘her’, went weak .

‘I will never lose to a lustful wench from abroad! No, never!’

Count Felipe decided to make his stepdaughter as a queen .