Chapter 335. Shortcut to Hegemony (1)
“Your Highness. Do you have no desire to harass me and beat me to your heart’s content?”
“…what?”
A slightly twinkling eye.
Eyebrows furrowed as if to say something.
Seeing the king like that, Lloyd was convinced.
‘It worked.’
Lloyd swallowed a meaningful smile.
A proposal just handed to the King.
It was the kind of offer that the King Alicia she knew would never be able to refuse.
‘of course. It’s because he must have hated me openly or secretly. Perhaps, more than once or twice, he would look at me and think, ‘Oh, he wants to slap that one.’
Such a sign had already been grasped by sight from a very long time ago.
The king’s gaze looking this way.
It was because he sensed that his eyes occasionally flashed like those of a beast watching its prey.
‘but. Come to think of it, I did look pretty bad for the King’s sister. There was a time when I put a straw in the open. Well, it wasn’t that the king’s sister suffered any losses because of me.’
Rather, it has seen numerous benefits.
But apart from those gains.
I had a feeling that he was kind of mean to me.
So it was.
I thought of actively using the emotions and desires (?) of such a king.
He loaded his tongue with an enticing offer that the King couldn’t even refuse.
It fired without hesitation, like a crossfire.
“Therefore, I am telling you, Your Highness. Little Lloyd Frontera dares to raise the sword of sparring against you at your training ground.”
“Sword of sparring? Against Jim?”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“Does that mean that you will challenge Jim to sparring?”
“It is, Your Highness.”
“Could it be now? right now?”
“That’s right, Your Highness.”
“How?”
“It’s because I want to give you a somewhat special answer to the question you asked me a moment ago.”
He said, turning around slightly.
However, King Alicia was also a King.
At once, I caught the true meaning of the vague answer that this side brought out vaguely.
“…It means that the other ears that will hear your answer are annoying. Am I right?”
“Since you know my heart like this, all I can do is apologize and close my eyes.”
“Is it something that other people shouldn’t be hearing?”
“I dare to ask, Your Highness to hear and judge it.”
“You’re cheeky.”
“I apologize.”
“sincerely?”
“I apologize for that too.”
“…Tsk. Why don’t you get tired of saying a word?”
“The castle is not a ruin, so I apologize.”
“….”
Is this guy doing that on purpose?
Are you provoking me to hit you please?
King Alicia’s eyes became sullen.
“Your suggestion sounds like if you can beat yourself up, beat yourself up. Did I understand Jim right?”
“How dare I….”
“Because I became a sword master. is not it?”
“…Have you been looking for it?”
“of course.”
King Alicia nodded.
Actually, when I was having an audience earlier, I realized it as soon as I saw Lloyd.
It seems like that human sword master has become.
It was very surprising and strange to me.
‘Last time I saw it, it was only an intermediate sword expert level. But in the intervening time, I wonder what happened. He appeared at the beginning of the Sword Master with a different appearance.’
I was curious.
A sense of triumph arose.
On the one hand, I was offended.
“Good. Whether you’re a sword master or not, there’s no place to be so grateful for knowing Jim’s heart that wants to knock on you. Also, it would not be the duty of a monarch to not know your sincere request.”
“If I do, will you grant my request for sparring?”
“If you’re prepared to die from my wooden sword threshing, I’m willing.”
“….”
“Let it go.”
Ah, the mental fatigue accumulated from running state affairs was quite substantial.
I’m going to relieve that stress without any time today.
King Alicia stood up from her seat holding her heart beating strangely (?).
I left the office with Lloyd.
I went to a dedicated training ground.
As soon as we arrived at the training ground, all the escorts, including the captain of the guards, retreated far away.
Wheein….
A training ground in the middle of the night with only the two of them left.
Under the quiet moonlight, the king stood impatiently holding a wooden sword.
He glanced at the guards who had retreated far away and smiled.
“Will this be enough?”
“Yes, Your Highness. maybe.”
Lloyd responded politely as he unfolded his portable folding shovel.
“Even though the hearing of the guards is very good, you won’t be able to hear even the conversations we are talking about when Your Highness’s wooden sword collides with my shovel.”
“I guess so. That would be what you want.”
“I am very sorry for having to arrange such a cumbersome talk, Your Highness.”
“What are you sorry for? Now I should be able to express my apologies with my body, not with my mouth.”
“….”
“I hope your skill will not disappoint Jim. Come now.”
Chuck.
The king took his stance.
It wasn’t even a grand gesture.
He just subtly changed the angle of one toe.
But with just one action.
Her momentum has changed.
coo coo coo….
Enormous mana circulation and resonance.
The momentum of a strong man who has accumulated numerous real battles.
Indeed, bloody speculation filled the training ground.
He made Lloyd’s uvula move up and down.
“….”
After all, the king’s sister is no joke.
No matter how sparring it is, it’s not the momentum to see it at all.
‘This is a different level of pressure from Xaviel.’
Rather, I don’t feel the pressure because Xaviel’s skills are so vastly different.
The king’s sister’s spirit touched me.
Because it’s just moderately superior to this one.
It felt more brutal.
But Lloyd was not intimidated.
‘Because I’m also a sword master.’
Although the level difference is quite small.
What if you still try your best?
How can I rub it?
It would be possible to withstand and receive the king’s offensive and bring out something to say on this side.
‘That’s the only way to covertly convey our proposal, avoiding the keen hearing of the guardsmen. Because the king’s sister has countless people by her side 24 hours a day, and is protected by them.’
In particular, after the attempted assassination of the king in the past, the escort has become more watery.
Therefore, it was not easy to get the opportunity like now.
‘So let’s hold on. Let’s hold on and say what we have to say. If this negotiation succeeds safely, the big picture will really succeed. I can get the Iris of Summer, a sacred item of the royal family.’
Lloyd made a firm commitment.
I made up my mind.
And exactly 0.5 seconds later.
I had to enjoy the feeling of the hot resolve I had just had being crushed with a grinder in one queue.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
“….”
A tidal wave was coming in front of my eyes.
no correction.
A storm of auras was rushing in.
It was a storm of attacks from King Alicia.
‘…What’s wrong with him?’
My heart sank.
I reflexively raised the shovel.
I smoked an aura full of shovel heads.
Tuquaaang-!
A wooden sword and a shovel collided.
There was the sound of a grenade exploding.
At the same time, Lloyd was pushed back by about 6 meters.
‘That’s it!’
what power
Should I count like this?
Thanks to that, the hand seemed to disappear.
The enormous shock that came through the shovel handle.
In an instant, the feeling in the palms as well as the hands themselves disappeared.
However, the problem was that the incident(?) did not end there.
Wedge love! Wow!
“…!”
Faster than this one being pushed backwards.
The king’s wooden sword came like a furious fury.
‘Wow! sister! for a moment! Wait!’
I wanted to shout.
But there was no time to cry.
It was from then.
Lloyd had to busily move the shovel just to live.
‘…head! shoulder! knee! foot! knee! foot!’
I blocked it, dodge it, shed it, endured it, blocked it again, and managed to bounce it off.
In the meantime, I was able to find it.
It was the king’s expression as he looked this way.
‘You’re smiling happily. shit!’
I’m really trying to hold on because I’m afraid I’ll be beaten to death.
The king’s sister was happy, rewarding, and smiling brightly, like a newlywed newlywed who had successfully bought a house in a 34-pyeong Gangnam apartment.
Even leisurely questions were blown as an option.
“By the way, Lloyd Frontera. Didn’t you ask for sparring because you had something to tell Jim in secret?”
Kwak! bang! Kwak!
“…Gwak! Kwak! Gyat!”
“I bet you didn’t ask for sparring like this just to let Jim hear that bizarre spirit.”
Tuck! Kwahak! bang!
“…sigh! Gehehe! Wow!”
“If it’s hard to answer, can you look at it?”
“yes! I love you, sister!”
“….”
“No, the king’s sister!”
“….”
“That’s not it! His Highness the King! please!”
“I think Jim just overheard some grotesque nonsense.”
Kwak Kwa Kwak! Tuck! Quaang!
“…Wow! Ghik! Great! that is! in fact!”
“Speak small.”
With the king’s advice, the sword strikes loosened up a bit.
However, it was still a stormy series of attacks that could cause serious injuries in an instant if you were a little vigilant.
Lloyd managed to block the attack and dodge it, opening his mouth.
“That’s great! In fact, it is the words of the angel who descended earlier. Ghup!”
Kwaaang-! Tuck!
Clashes and shockwaves that covered the other side’s words with a roar.
Thanks to (?) Lloyd was able to continue talking without paying attention to the ears of the guardsmen.
“It is true that I called that angel.”
“what?”
Quaang!
King Alicia’s sword attack intensified for a moment.
Lloyd barely swung the shovel head.
He responded by accepting the king’s stabbing sword.
“To start with the conclusion, I absolutely need the royal family’s sacred item, the Iris of Summer.”
“….”
“…that! each! Kuck!”
bang! Kwak! bang!
“Please, just listen to the reason. This will never be a story that will harm Your Highness.”
“Isn’t that a loss? to Jim?”
“That’s right! Kup! I will buy it.”
“Keep talking.”
Kagagagak! Kakak!
A wooden sword aimed at Lloyd’s neck and stabbed it.
In the 16 flashy changes, seven strands of aura flashed.
A total of 112 consecutive stabs broke through the space.
However, Lloyd took all the attacks while stepping back.
Tucker Cuckoo Cuckoo Cuckoo-!
Shockwaves bursting in succession as the wooden sword and shovel head collided.
In the meantime, Lloyd’s answer also continued.
“Actually, the breath I got before! It comes from the heart of winter.”
“Because of the heart of winter?”
“Yes, Your Highness. The spirit I absorbed before is slowly killing me.”
“You kill me?”
“Cold is building up in my heart. Efforts to release them are only temporary measures. On the contrary, it gets stronger and spreads throughout the body.”
“So you are dying?”
“That’s right, Your Highness.”
Kagagagak!
Immediately after blocking and kicking all 112 stabs.
For the first time, Lloyd’s counterattack was attempted.
It wasn’t a huge counterattack.
It was nothing more than a blow by raising the head of a shovel and hitting the space with a flat surface.
However, it contained a lot of mana.
Oh, I saved it with all my might.
like fanning.
Cover as large an area as possible.
Whoaaah-!
“…!”
For the first time, King Alicia hardened her expression.
Either way, this was sparring.
So Lloyd had the right to attack.
She suddenly realized this and raised her wooden sword.
from bottom to top.
lifted up
Chi Kang!
The momentum of the flatland wind wave caused by the shovel was neatly cut by the sword.
The king jumped into the gap.
He cut the wooden sword across Lloyd’s neck.
Lloyd raised the shovel urgently.
Kagak!
with your neck right in front of you.
The shovel handle and the wooden sword collided.
At that moment, King Alicia threw a wooden sword into the sky.
I let go of the sword and stretched out my free hand in an instant.
He grabbed Lloyd’s back.
“…!”
There was no time to react.
The king’s knees soared like a flash.
It was pierced right into Lloyd’s stomach.
Two Puck-!
“…Whoops!”
Suddenly, my back was bent.
A hearty smile appeared on the king’s lips.
“First, make sure your words are true.”
Her other hand rested on Lloyd’s chest.
Chuck!
He operated mana with his hand on his chest.
He pushed mana into Lloyd’s chest.
As if examining with a stethoscope, quickly.
The condition inside the chest and around the heart was directly detected and diagnosed.
then at some point.
The king’s gaze changed.
“…It was true.”
“Trust me…Cool! Sher Seong-eun is embarrassed. Big up hehehe.”
Lloyd sighed and stepped back.
How hard did you hit the reputation?
Even now, it was difficult to breathe.
But the story we were talking about wasn’t over yet.
We must hide the voice of our side in the shock wave.
So the sparring must continue.
Lloyd picked up a shovel.
He aimed at the king with the head of his shovel.
Realizing Lloyd’s will, the king also reached out.
As if the wooden sword that had been thrown up earlier had been sucked in, it fell precisely into her grasp and was caught.
Tuck-!
No matter who comes first this time.
The two rushed towards each other at the same time.
Each of them collided with wooden swords and shovels loaded with auras.
shake each other
They moved side by side one step at a time.
The king’s ferocious smile was entangled in the shock wave.
“Yes, I know what you are saying is true. But so what? Just because your life is in danger, is there any reason why I should bestow you with the royal family treasure?”
“Of course there is nothing like that.”
It’s a natural story.
The Magentano royal family is not a service organization.
Whether this hurts or not.
Even if life is at stake.
That would never be a reason to bestow the sacred eyes of summer.
“This is what I am telling you.”
“Tell me.”
“Why don’t you give me a clear justification for giving me the Eyes of Summer and an overwhelming benefit?”
“Overwhelming gains?”
“It is.”
Kwaaang-! Kaka Kaka Cak!
Wooden swords and shovels collided again in succession.
Beads of sweat began to flow down my forehead.
Beads of sweat leaped into the air in the aftermath of the crash.
Sweat dripped from Lloyd’s hair and onto the sleeves of the King’s shirt.
Sweat dripped from the king’s jawline and landed on Lloyd’s cheek.
Just like that, fighting at close range.
Little by little, he adapts to the sword master’s unique combat method that utilizes his aura.
Lloyd looked straight into the King’s eyes and said.
“If you give me the eyes of summer…I will provide you with a project that will enable the Magentano royal family to inherit continental hegemony for a thousand years.”
