"All is futile. Kneel before my power!"
Yulian appeared majestically in the spacious courtyard of the royal castle.
"So you've finally realized, Yulian! I will not forgive how you treated my daughter!"
"You killed my father — prepare yourself!"
"You are not fit to be king."
Marquis Round, Marquis Yalut, and Harold stood in opposition to Yulian.
"Hmph, have the traitors all lined up just to be cut down by yours truly? What a cheerful bunch. I'll dispose of you all at once."
Yulian activated his skill, [Tyrant King].
Dark aura enveloped Yulian.
"Blow away, you wretched mongrels! 'Black Tempest'!"
Yulian thrust out his hand, and a black storm erupted, slashing through Round and the others as it threatened to send them flying.
"Protect His Lordship!"
The elite soldiers of the Round–Yalut allied force stepped forward and threw themselves in front of them to defend.
But the black storm easily shattered their deployed barriers and blew them away.
When the black wind subsided, the royal castle courtyard lay utterly devastated.
The elites had been annihilated completely, and even Round and the others, whom they had given their lives to protect, bore no shallow wounds.
Harold's [Royal Strategist] lost its target and its effect vanished.
"Without even going all out, this is how your precious elites end up? Completely insufficient. If you wish to stop me, bring an army of ten thousand. Even then, they'd be no more than dust before the wind in front of yours truly."
To think it would come to this.
They had tried to gauge Yulian's strength from the way he had killed Yalut's father, Kelurt, and the power of the "King's Sword" that followed him. But what they had imagined was far surpassed by the reality.
The hate Yulian had stockpiled to activate [Royal Reverse Grudge] spanned several decades.
There was no way they could have known that.
"There is no one left to protect you. Are you prepared? Yalut — I'll kill you miserably, just like your father. Round — I'll find your daughter right after and send her to join you so you won't be lonely. Harold — to think you would deceive the nobles of my kingdom. You deserve ten thousand deaths."
Yulian took a step forward to deliver the finishing blow.
The three men's faces stiffened.
The next instant, Yulian noticed something and shifted his body slightly — but his left arm was still slashed clean off.
"Oh? You dodged a surprise attack."
"Ugh... When did you—! You brat! Die!"
Yulian wreathed his remaining right arm in black fighting spirit and lunged at Alan. But Alan vanished from the spot with a teleportation spell and reappeared in front of Marquis Round and the others.
"That guy is strong. I used [Dark Stalker] to erase my presence and tried to cut him in half from behind, but he noticed at the very last second. If that strike had connected, he'd have exploded into pieces."
"Alan, you made it!"
"Lord Harold — staging a coup in the dead of night? How bold. Could this be a Elector's privilege or something?"
"Alan, this really isn't the time for jokes."
"I mean, I was sleeping, and then I got told 'the Raising Kingdom is invading' — what was I supposed to do, not come?"
"Harold, who is this boy?" Yalut asked in surprise at the sudden appearance.
"After the council meeting, I sent him a messenger. He wasn't supposed to have a role to play, but... it was good to have a contingency in place, just in case."
"Damn you... my left arm..."
True King Yulian produced an elixir and applied it to his left shoulder.
His left arm regenerated. Yulian swung his left shoulder to confirm it was functioning.
"You — you're Alan, aren't you? You shadows... you failed in the end after all. Well, no matter. Now, neither the 'King's Shadow' nor the 'King's Sword' can keep up with my strength. You're not needed either."
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Skills: [Reverse], [Divine Eye], [Sword God], [Fist God], [Spear God], [Scorching Magic], [Freezing Ice Magic], [Clear Gale Magic], [Rock Iron Magic], [Sacred Magic], [Dark Magic], [Space-Time Magic], [Thunder God Sword], [Phantom Thief Gentleman], [Ninja Master], [Truth Researcher], [Monstrous Strength], [Windfoot], [Pain Suppression], [Complete Status Abnormality Resistance], [Dark Spirit's Protection], [Super Intuition], [Heaven's Gate], [Abyss Contractee], [Magic Hand], [Treasure Search], [Seduction], [Incitement], [Telemesmerism], [Eloquence], [Strong Luck], [10x Growth Speed], [Growth Limit Breakthrough], [Afterimage Magic], [Dark Stalker]
Rank: Orichalcum