Chapter 110

Chapter 110 – Chapter 18: Auction #2

Richard, one of the five captains of the Demon King’s Palace, turned his gaze to a distant place .

He was in one of his dwellings at the Demon King’s Palace, and the room was designed to allow adequate light to enter .

As he gazed into the sunlight pouring through the window, he touched the things on his desk gently .

His hand stopped on a seal made of wrought iron that only the members of the five families leading the draconians could use . Richard’s hands were rough from holding a sword his entire life, and even among draconians, his hands were particularly big and hard .

He wasn’t alone . A few steps away from him was a young man called Henry, who was particularly prominent among the children of the five families .

Richard was a man with blonde hair that was reminiscent of a lion’s mane, and a pair of long white horns stretched from his head . He had just been listening to Henry’s report .

He had known the answer since a few days ago, so this was just a procedural check .

“Do you know what you have to do?”

Richard asked Henry who was standing with a stiff expression . Henry hesitated for a moment then nodded .

Instead of blaming Henry, Richard just laughed .

The instructions that Richard had given Henry a few days ago were simple .

‘Attack 9th Prince on his way to Evian . ’

The people behind the attack wouldn’t be soldiers from the Demon King’s Palace or draconian warriors . It would be someone who had been kicked out from the Evian military and was already a wild dog .

The aim wasn’t to kill 9th Prince; Richard just wanted to learn more about him .

9th Prince’s appearance was too sudden . Therefore, Richard didn’t know much about him .

What type of person he was, how strong he was now and his fighting style . . .

Richard wanted to know all these things . He had no thoughts about taking away 9th Prince’s life .

The demon king—the sura king, Mitra didn’t want that, and Richard didn’t intend to go against the demon king’s will .

However, he couldn’t help letting some words escape from his mouth .

"The demon king said that the strongest person should become the demon king . His thoughts haven’t changed . But to not want a direct fight between the successors . . . This is a bit contradictory, isn’t it?”

His tone was moderate, but Henry could hear the growl of a lion in it .

The strongest person would become the demon king .

Yet it wasn’t acceptable for the siblings to harm each other while contesting for the position of demon king .

It was a contradiction . How could there be no fighting when they were trying to determine the strongest?

There were the factions . Competition between factions existed, but it was all about spying and gaining information .

The 4th Princess—she had the blood of the serpent-like 2nd Queen Titania, so she used both females and males . No, she didn’t fear any violence at all . She had drunk the tea given by the 1st Prince without any hesitation . The tea party was in a place widely known to everyone, not a secret location that no one else knew about .

Yet the 1st Prince had laughed and poured tea, and the 4th Princess had drunk it without any hesitation nor fear of poison .

This was despite the fact that it was tea from the 1st Prince .

They had lived for 20 years without suspicion of each other .

However, could a real power truly be born in this type of environment? What did missions matter when they would return to a greenhouse that was the Demon King’s Palace?

Richard laughed once again .

“That face looks like you want to say something . So, tell me . ”

With Richard’s permission, Henry stood next to him . Although he wasn’t a small child, the problem was that his loyalty to the demon king was too strong .

Unlike Richard’s bright blonde, Henry had dark hair and blue eyes .

"When he was kicked out, he was at the level of the lower generals, but he is different now . His strength will be at the level of an intermediate general . ”

"Yes, I know how strong he is . That way, I can also measure 9th Prince’s strength . ”

"Uncle . . . no, Captain . If 9th Prince dies . . . ”

"6th Princess and 8th Princess is with him . So, dying won’t be a problem . And even if one of them loses their lives . . . it is a matter that doesn’t involve me . Moreover, we are being hit by the enemies on the periphery . 1st Prince and 2nd Prince have already experienced an encounter with the enemy . We have nothing to do with this . ”

Richard interrupted Henry’s words and said it was inconsequential . He knocked against Henry’s shoulder .

"Henry, what are you afraid of? Such a thing will never happen . If I really intended to do that, then I would have used a much stronger person . ”

This logic reassured Henry,but it was only for a second . In the end, the fact that someone strong was ambushing the 9th Prince didn’t change .

Richard spoke in a calm tone,

"Maybe he will receive an injury that will make him give up his mission or doubts will start to form . ”

It was only a matter of planting a few suspicious buds . However, that wasn’t bad enough . He was going to change the current atmosphere, little by little .

“Tomorrow, we will return to the northern front . Be prepared to leave . ”

At Richard’s words, Henry departed the room with a stiff expression . Richard stared at his back and laughed .

“9th Prince . ”

Only a few months ago, he had been known as the Prince of Scraps, and now, he had created a new faction .

Richard didn’t know how many skills the sword duke had taught him .

'I can’t possibly guess . ’

Would he notice that the ambush was instigated by someone?

Even if he did, it would be impossible to find the person behind it .

The mad dog was a draconian, but he was already a notorious enemy in the vicinity of Evian .

This would lead to some doubts and a sense of crisis . Richard’s purpose was to plant seeds of doubt, and that was enough .

It would also be good if 9th Prince didn’t notice at all . There would be no problem in achieving his desire to know 9th Prince’s abilities .

‘I never thought it would begin with the 9th Prince . ’

Richard stopped touching the seal, and his gaze moved in the southwest direction where 9th Prince was .

&

“Things are never easy . ”

Carack said with a bitter smile as he prepared to fight . The group of people running wildly towards them were enemies . They had to either run away or prepare to fight, but the former action was unreasonable .

In-gong’s eyes narrowed .

“I think you are right . I think it is because of me . ”

"Huh? What does that mean?”

Instead of answering Carack, In-gong just laughed . He had seen a familiar face at the front of the rushing group .

"Richard is doing this . ”

In-gong muttered in a small voice . He was sure of it .

It was an event that he had experienced many times in Knight Saga .

In Knight Saga, Zephyr had gradually worsened the relationship between the demon king’s children . He had made them suspicious until they thought they would be killed if they didn’t strike first, ruining the relationship between siblings .

This was one of the processes . The ambush at Evian—rather than aim directly for the royal children’s lives, it was an operation designed to disturb them and cause suspicions .

The one behind this wasn’t Zephyr but Richard .

The royal child attacked was always different, but the person doing the ambush was the same .

"Mad Dog Jiks . ”

The soldier who had joined them as a guide agreed with In-gong .

"T-that's right . Mad Dog Jiks!”

Fear, confusion and doubts were all seen on his expression .

Mad Dog Jiks was notorious around Evian . However, his activities were far from here, so it was the first time the soldier had seen him . He was just able to tell due to Mad Dog Jiks’ unique characteristics .

“Shutra?”

Enemies had appeared in front, but it had been an unexpected ambush . So, she wondered how he knew .

“I was prepared . ”

“What?”

Felicia replied with a dumbfounded expression, but it was only for a moment . The fight was about to occur soon . Rather than continuing to ask questions, Felicia was convinced by Shutra’s words .

In-gong heard Green Wind’s voice once again .

'Master, it isn’t just at the front . If I count all the enemies…’

"Around 40? Most of them are cavalry?”

‘That’s right . How did you know?’

“Everything was dragged out . ”

Mad Dog Jiks was a real mad dog .

Although he had never been ambushed while playing as Zephyr, Richard had been his sponsor, so he had been able to learn more about the mad dog’s abilities .

Among the intermediate generals, Mad Dog Jiks was average .

Before the Starlight Core, Caitlin wouldn’t have been able to win against him . In fact, victory wasn’t guaranteed even with the Starlight Core .

‘But what if it isn’t Caitlin?’

“Shutra . ”

“Huh?”

In-gong turned around . Caitlin, who was prepared to fight while sitting on the black horse, was staring at In-gong .

"What are you thinking of right now?”

Did her wild intuition sense something?

Instead of answering, In-gong smiled towards the front, and Caitlin’s eyes narrowed .

After fighting so many monsters in Spider Forest, the party remained relatively calm despite the 40 enemies . Only the guide soldier became speculative .

"Prince, what do you want to do?”

Carack asked him . In-gong equipped Earth Quaker and White Eagle . After Amita’s adjustments, Earth Quaker gave a low roar as it glowed red and yellow through the black scales .

It was an ambush event, but he had no intention of losing . He would smash through Richard’s intentions .

In-gong nodded thoughtfully . Instead of answering, an angry white aura was activated .

&

Mad Dog Jiks had left the army for almost 10 years now .

However, he never forgot that the blood of a draconian flowed through his body .

One of the elder draconians, Richard, had ordered him to attack the 9th Prince and learn his skills . It didn’t matter if there were injuries, but he was ordered to not take their lives .

However, Jiks wasn’t displeased . He couldn’t take their lives, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t do other things .

Besides 9th Prince, there was the 6th Princess and 8th Princess who were renowned for their beauty . Touching them would incite the retaliation of the dark elves and lycanthropes, but he didn’t think that far . Why else did he have the nickname of mad dog?

‘If I do this, I will need to flee from the Demon World . ’

Mad Dog Jiks’ logic was simple . The task assigned to him was to fight 9th Prince and report on his skills . Apart from that, he could do anything .

Instead of a horse, Jiks rode on a big wolf as he made some hand gestures . He had trained each member himself and was certain they would be elites if they were in the Demon King’s Army .

There were 40 of them, so it was clear that the 8th Princess would struggle .

‘I wish to taste her with my own hands . ’

He had already forgotten about the fight with the 9th Prince . Jiks was just considering a confrontation with the 8th Princess .

It was at that moment that . . .

The 9th Prince ran out alone . He wasn’t riding a horse or even a draco .

Jiks laughed and whispered, ‘I’m not the only crazy one . ’

However, it was only for a second . Jiks’ instincts screamed at him, and he used his aura reflexively, using the dragon authority that all draconians had inherited .

This wasn’t the time to relax . He pulled out his sword hurriedly . The reason for this was simple .

'So fast!'

The dozens of meters between himself and 9th Prince felt meaningless . 9th Prince didn’t stop and ran straight toward Jiks . In just a few seconds, he brutally trounced all the people in his path .

Two shields emitting a green light opened the way . His men couldn’t even do anything as they fell to the ground with a moan . It happened so quickly that they couldn’t perceive the fact that 9th Prince was among them .

The next moment, 9th Prince was standing right in front of Jiks .

Kwang!

With a roar, the white aura exploded in the air . Jiks swung his sword reflexively to block the blow and felt a strong pain in his right arm . It was hard to hold the sword . Moreover, he couldn’t keep his current position any longer .

Lightning struck in front of him . The moment it struck the wolf’s head, blood poured from it . Jiks hurriedly threw himself backwards off the wolf, but the pair of black shield and white shield kept tracking Jiks . Jiks swung his sword to block the path of the shields . He succeeded in stopping the orbits of the shield but lost his sword in the process .

Jiks had bought some time . He needed the time to refine his aura management technique . It was only a few seconds, but he needed this time to calm his breathing and draw power .

However, 9th Prince didn’t allow it . He was overly quick and reached Jiks again .

Jiks grabbed a spare sword hurriedly and swung it roughly with his left hand through instinct . Of course, he was quick and strong due to his aura, but his opponent was also an aura user . So far, he hadn’t managed to deal a fatal blow to 9th Prince .

Yet there was a sensation at his fingertips . His blow had struck the 9th Prince’s chest .

‘How?’

He was amazed that he had gotten a blow in . However, Jiks wasn’t a novice, and that was why he knew that he hadn’t succeeded because he was lucky . It was because the opponent allowed it .

‘Why?’

Moreover, why was 9th Prince smiling so happily in the midst of this painful situation . Surely, he wasn’t enjoying this?

The reason didn’t matter . Jiks used the time to try and pull out an extra sword . However, an invisible force crushed Jiks’ arm . There wasn’t a gap that allowed him to fight .

“Thank you . ”

Jiks couldn’t tell if those words were actually said or just seen through the eyes .

9th Prince laughed as he made a fist, then something white and green exploded in front of him .

The moment that Jiks was struck in the chest, the shock was greater than the pain .

9th Prince’s fist . . .

It was filled with the dragon power that was the aura characteristic of the draconians .