The Max Level Hero Has Returned!

Chapter 272

94. Surtr’s Legacy

Everything had a cause and an effect. For example, b should only occur if there was a. There was no situation where b would occur without a. If that happened, it would be a blatant disregard of the rules of the world.

As far as Davey knew, only one thing completely ignored this rule, and that would be the power of the other side of the coin. As long as the laws and rules that they followed differ, they could never interfere with each other. However, they could still create fatal changes to each other. To put it simply, the two sides were at odds with each other.

Warrior Reina, the owner of the Divine Sword, had asked Davey for supplies and protective equipment with the blessings of the Saint. She had also asked Grand Duchess Kathryn for her personal help.

Of course, just because Grand Duchess Kathryn looked free did not mean that she could easily go and help them. However, Lyndis Empire’s Emperor Deorte El Lyndis had graciously allowed Kathryn’s dispatch. This silent agreement could be inferred from Kathryn’s brief appearance in their party’s meeting.

“How about you quit now?”

“I respectfully refuse that offer, Your Majesty,” Davey said calmly as he pulled out a variety of weapons from his Pocket Plane.

“Greatsword, bastard... You have plenty of spare weapons there. Are you really thinking of fighting a life-and-death battle with this Emperor?” Emperor Deorte asked with a stiff expression on his face.

Davey spun the wooden club in his hand before saying, “This is so you don’t go around biting the people around you, Your Majesty.”

“Ugh... There’s nothing I can say to that. But why are we in a bare field? There’s nothing here at all,” Emperor Deorte said calmly as he slowly raised the sword in his hands.

The emperor was holding onto a precious sword, one that was completely different from the wooden club that Davey had placed on the ground in front of him.

And when he finally took off the cumbersome clothes that covered his body, he revealed a huge and magnificent physique that had been carefully sculpted for a long time. His body looked so tough and strong that it was a bit hard to look at.

Emperor Deorte’s magnificence had been hidden away by his title as emperor and his old age. However, it was an undeniable fact that he was a strong fighter and warrior. After all, he was the man known to have the same level of swordsmanship as Grand Duchess Kathryn.

In fact, it was possible that Emperor Deorte had reached a more profound level of swordsmanship than Grand Duchess Kathryn. Perhaps the eyes of an ordinary man could not discern the true difference between their skills.

“I don’t think you will be able to finish what you started all at once.”

Thud!!!

Once Emperor Deorte raised his greatsword, he released an overwhelming sword aura from his weapon of choice. No ordinary person could easily wield this greatsword, be it with both hands or just one.

At the same time, Davey lifted his toes and kicked up the wooden club that had been on the ground in front of him.

Thump, thump, thump!!!

The impact of the kick was so strong that the wooden club bounced back to Davey, almost threatening to hit him. However, Davey stepped forward without any hesitation and snatched the club up swiftly.

Baaaaaaam!!!

Alongside an enormous shockwave, a loud and powerful sound swept across the entire field.

Emperor Deorte’s expression turned ugly. He felt the impact traveling up his arms after he had instinctively defended against the attack, which had seemingly been covered by sword aura.

Davey was only using a simple wooden club, but he managed to produce such amazing results due to his force and abilities. He could strike and swing the wooden club at a speed that no one else could match.

The attack was simply a batting technique that Dokgo Jun, Davey’s swordsmanship teacher, had shown Davey when beating him up in battle. Although it was just a simple batting technique, it was true that it could be considered as a useful and efficient way of attacking.

No matter how much Davey wrapped his wooden club with his Aura Blade, there was no way that it would have the same durability as a true and proper sword. However, the wooden club that should have been broken or disintegrated by now was still pressuring Emperor Deorte.

Thud!!!

As Emperor Deorte’s expression turned ugly, a wooden sword in the shape of a longsword that had been stuck on the ground some distance away flew toward Davey’s hand. It seemingly had a mind of its own.

“Ugh!”

The heavy destructive power of the wooden club that Davey wielded was already hard to deal with. The worst part? Another weapon had joined the fight.

Emperor Deorte immediately tried to get away from Davey, instinctively feeling that danger was coming his way. As the pressure pressing down on him only grew stronger, he quickly killed the mana that was flowing through his greatsword and created a barrier to protect himself. He had created a very solid barrier that could block any kind of magic at the 6th Circle.

Crack, crack, crack, crack!!!

Of course, that barrier was nothing to Davey.

“This?!”

When a flash of red energy appeared from Davey’s longsword, large cracks began appearing on Emperor Deorte’s steel-like defensive barrier.UppTodated from nô/v/e/lb(i)n.c(o)/m

Emperor Deorte, trying to escape from Davey, suddenly stopped in his tracks. He was completely stunned by the cracks appearing on his otherwise solid defense.

The Lyndis Empire’s Imperial Palace Garden was a small yet luxurious place in which the climate could be freely controlled with magic. The weather outside was definitely cold, but it certainly felt warm here.

“Ah...” Warrior Reina, who had been quietly sitting alone in the garden and watching the small birds fluttering around, exclaimed in surprise. She was shocked by Davey’s sudden appearance.

“What are you doing here?” Davey asked calmly, a sense of familiarity seeping into his tone of voice.

Reina, however, only showed a slight change in her expression at Davey’s words.

“Nothing. I was just...” Reina mumbled cautiously, her words trailing off at the end. “I was just looking at the birds.”

She covered her face with her silver mask and fell silent once again.

“It’s a very ordinary scene, though?”

“The place where I came from...has no small birds like these,” Reina mumbled bitterly before asking Davey, “Why aren’t you asking me about my mask?”

“Do you want me to?”

“...No.”

“Then, that’s that. It’s not like I won’t be able to recognize you with or without the mask on.”

To Davey, a face was a face. He usually remembered a person through their own unique aura and energy. With this method, Davey would not have difficulty telling apart even twins who had the same fingerprints.

“Cough... Cough, cough, cough!!!” Reina hacked, crouching down from the pain before she could reach out toward a flying bird.

“...” Davey remained silent, watching the blood flowing from beneath Reina’s mask.

Reina then carefully asked, “I’m quite unsightly, no? This is what a warrior is like, the hero who needs to stop the Demon Lord’s resurrection.”

“There’s no cure.”

“I know. It was my choice,” Reina answered quietly.

“However, you will still be able to live a bit longer if you quit right now.”

Reina shook her head and said, “All I want is for this world to remain the same...”

Her voice carried deep resentment and sadness, but she was expressing it so subtly. Nobody would be able to feel it if they were not looking at her properly.

“You should quit now.”

“You are dissuading me again.”

Davey nodded. “The First Lich Nyx’s power is not about having control over all of the dead.”

Reina held her tongue for a moment, then said, “I know...that he’s an existence with the power of immortality.”

It was not simply a matter of surviving with a life vessel. The moment Nyx was killed, he would just move to another host. The problem was that most of his power was attached to his soul, and this was all thanks to his special constitution. This meant that his strength would not disappear even if he transferred and changed bodies.

“That’s not it. If, by any chance, the unsealing is a lie... There’s a high chance that you going there will be the trigger for him to be released.”

Reina fell silent before looking at Davey. She muttered despondently, “Prince Davey, I have no other choice but to go there.”

“For revenge?”

“Because I have to protect someone who’s living here.”

Davey believed that he knew who that person was.

“I’m glad that we did not meet.”

Although surprised by Davey’s statement, Reina remained silent. She had nothing else to say as she watched Davey leaving the garden.

—Where are you going?

“I have to take Rinne to someplace for a while.”

After observing Reina’s reaction, Davey was sure of something. First Lich Nyx’s seal was definitely going to be released. If that was the case, then should he seal him up again? Or perhaps he should beat him up and kill him? The choice that Davey made was simple.

It had been impossible for Davey to do it back then. However, it seemed like it was now the time for him to take out the thing that Surtr had hidden and prepared in case that bastard awakened someday.