Chapter 11 – Kingmaker (2)

The middle-aged man saw his two subordinates suffering helplessly.

“The situation has currently flipped around. How does it feel? To go from predator to now a prey.”

“Shut your mouth, old man!”

“Huhu! You’ve really lost your composure.”

Woosh!

There was no telling when Jade would join the fight, so the middle-aged man swung his left hand in a wide motion.

As he did, three daggers filled with aura flew towards Heinze’s head, heart, and stomach.

Ting ting ting!

Heinze barely blocked the three attacks that came towards him at the same time as the middle-aged man jumped down from the castle walls.

He was now fleeing knowing there was no chance of winning.

“Jade.”

“We can’t easily let someone like that go.”

“Ughhh!!”

The middle-aged man who ran away without looking back suddenly screamed, and in an instant, his body was covered in blood.

Jade had recalled Noes and instead summoned Silayron to attack.

Although the middle-aged man was an expert at the highest level, he was exhausted, and his back was wide open so there was no way he could block the surprise attack.

“I’ll go finish the job.”

“I leave it to you.”

Although Heinze was acting as if everything was okay, Jade knew his body was currently in the worst possible condition.

He knew Heinze was hiding the pain with his mental fortitude, so he kicked off the ground and jumped down from the castle walls.

Banng!

He was heading towards Arelia’s location.

Not only was Sword Master Madrane there, but the elite of the elites were also there fighting against Arelia.

She herself summoned mid-level spirits to help her fight against six enemies.

As an elf, she summoned wind and fire mid-level spirits and continued to bother Madrane with them.

“Aren’t you a bit late?”

“I was busy with my own fight.”

“I waited forever for you.”

“I thought you would easily be able to blow them away.”

“I think that would definitely be possible if we worked together.”

Arelia smiled as she looked at Silayron that was beside Jade.

Different from her exhausted enemies, Arelia didn’t even break a sweat.

She had shown them the different in level between Masters. Not all Masters were of the same level.

“Let’s hurry and put an end to this. It doesn’t seem too good on the other side.”

“There’s just too big of a difference in numbers.”

The Crown Prince’s side was barely able to defend using the castle walls.

However, because the second prince had so many soldiers on his side, it wasn’t weird to think that the castle walls would fall at any moment.

“You are….”

“I’m sorry to say, but I don’t have time to talk to you.”

With the sudden appearance of Jade the battle went into lull for a moment.

Yet, this was just for a moment.

Jade released his aura and rushed toward Viscount Madrane’s knights.

“Kill him!”

“I doubt you guys will be able to with your skills.”

Arelia spoke as she faced against the Viscount.

The person directly involved hadn’t said anything, yet Arelia did.

Of course, it wasn’t just a response that she gave.

Wooshh!

The Aura Blade that exuded out from her dual blades made a loud noise as it split the air.

Different from before, she had used a Flying Aura Blade.

“D, dodge it!”

The knights that rushed towards Jade scattered out of fright.

None of them dared to try and block the attack, and this was the same for a Sword Master like Madrane.

“Where do you think you’re going.”

However, excluding the viscount, none of the knights were able to dodge the attack, because Silayron had held the others its wind.

Only Madrane could destroy Silayron’s attack and survived.

Slash slash!

Nevertheless, this was only for a moment as well.

With the sleek movements of an elf, Arelia jumped through the air and landed behind the Viscount.

Being one step behind, Madrane swung his body and attacked Arelia, but her dual blades were faster.

She used the blade in her right hand to black Madrane’s sword and used the blade in her right hand to stab him in the heart.

“Ugh!”

At the same time as feeling a hot texture, the heart pierced Viscount coughed out blood.

And, as he did, he stared at Arelia with a black stare.

“Don’t humans have this saying? Always stay in line.” (no idea what this is supposed to mean lol).

“…..Keu keuk!”

Viscount Madrane made a hollow smile.

He did not become a Sword Master to die in vain like this.

Furthermore, he hadn’t joined the second prince’s camp, yet the result ended like so.

‘Was I wrong…’

For his honor and family, he had chosen to side with the second prince.

He believed the second prince should become the next king because he was vigorous while the Crown Prince was indecisive and weak.

If he played a decisive role in it, he believed He would be promoted from a Viscount to a Duke.

However, all those plans ended here.

“You’re just taking responsibility for the choices you made, so don’t feel so wronged. Either way, the winner outcome has already been decided.”

“Cough! What’s that supposed to mean?”

“What’s the point of knowing. You’re on the verge of death any ways.”

“That’s, true.”

The light in Viscount Madrane’s eyes disappeared.

His death was so futile for someone who had briefly become Paulstein’s sword.

“V, viscount!”

“Shall we clear the battlefield now?”

“Let’s, but the war already seems to be over.”

After glancing at the Viscount who had yet to release his sword even after death, Jade began to walk.

As he did, the soldiers moved away from him, as if a wave were being split apart.

Nobody dared to stand in front of him.

Even the mercenaries that were employed by the second prince slowly retreated back.

They also had eyes and could tell which way the tide of victory was turning.

Click click.

Although everyone was staring at him, Jade’s footsteps were light.

He was staring straight at the second prince as he walked forward.