Son of the Hero King

Chapter 125 CH 112: OVERWHELMED

Humans were surprisingly prone to be swept into a frenzy.

Most of the time, humans were always afraid of facing predators.

But once said predator showed the slightest sign of weakness...

They would swarm at it like a bunch of loci.

Gerald wasn’t a careless man. In fact, he was very smart.

Be it in terms of power, skills, political prowess, and everything else, he was in no way inferior to the current Duke Highland and in some aspects, even surpassed them.

The only reason he had not been chosen to become Duke was that their father had judged that he wasn’t fit for this position. For the simple reason that he was too emotional.

‘Seems like father was right. I am really not fit for this kind of cold-blooded role.’

Briefly looking at the swarm of soldiers behind him composed not only of the old black knights but also of many nobles who had joined him, Gerald felt more guilt and disgust than pride.

Aside from his old friends who had loyally followed on the battlefield, all the others had been drawn in long ago by using their selfish motives.

Few people knew about the in and out of the kingdom more than him. Not even the crown’s shadow was a secret to him. After all, he was still at the service of the king when he did his crazy experiments. Everything aside, from a few months ago, he had been constantly feeding secret information about the crown’s shadow.

What’s more, he had been observing the Kingdom since he had that much information only a few people had.

He knew about nobles who held dissatisfaction with Lilith.

He knew about nobles who wished to return to the time of the Puppet King.

He knew about nobles who only saw profit and held no loyalties.

Since the moment he had been contacted by the witch, Gerald gave birth to that idea.

What if he assembled all of them? What if in one moment, and one place, all the possible traitors were assembled and united?

And this was the current result.

‘This kingdom was really full of cancerous tumors.’

Thanks to the works of Mars, and the previous king, the road of the capital and the space between each street was extremely wide.

This allowed for a fluid circulation in a time of peace, but in times like this, it could be more like a tumor.

Sighing a little, Gerald began to think about how his name would most likely go in the annals of history as one of the greatest traitors.

After all, in the great history of Lustburg, this night would without a doubt be recorded as the first-ever civil war.

‘Hahaha, I guess this isn’t so bad.’

He wasn’t particularly hung up about how people would remember him.

After all, he would already be dead. Why should he care about how the future generation would view him when you wouldn’t be there to see it anymore?

‘Well, I guess it’s time to move my old bones.’

Saying so, he looked at the horizon.

In front of him, three large banners rose in the sky, followed by countless smaller ones.

‘Highland, Milaris and Travers.’

A large smile formed on his face. He had expected his brother to stand on his way, but he had to admit that the other two were somewhat of a surprise.

‘You really became great, Sol.’

Thinking of the adorable little boy who had grown into such a fine man, his smile couldn’t help but cramp a little. His smile completely vanished when he thought about his little nephew as well.

If only it was possible for the three of them to find happiness, he wouldn’t mind sacrificing everything.

Raising his head, he could see a large silhouette fly in circles for a short while before rushing toward the center of the capital.

While speaking, his hand slowly inched toward the holster in the breast pocket of his suit.

“Sigh, I guess this is as far as it goes.”

The moment he heard those words, without any hesitation, he immediately grabbed the gun in his holster and jumped aside before shooting.

*Bang* *Bang* Bang* *Bang*

His mana gun fired four super-fast bullets inscribed with special runes that increased the piercing power and speed.

The other two weren’t any slower as they also acted.

Ketia’s form had changed from a normal human. Her body was covered in a red aura entirely, hiding all her features and making her look more like a monster cat than anything else, with 3 tails swishing behind her.

She then rushed while giving a powerful punch from his side.

Meanwhile, Aria’s sclera had become entirely black, and the three ice spears immediately formed above her, before firing at Berthold’s back.

Even though they hadn’t spoken one word, their cooperation was seamless.

But despite all this, Berthold seemed totally unfazed, a wide grin forming on his face, as the number 3 appeared in his pupils.

“You guys are seriously the best! Hehehe! This body is way better than that useless noble, so then, shall we dance!?”

Golden like lightning covering his body and disintegrated the attacks of Edgar and Aria before he used a punch to counter Ketia.

‘Tch!’

Edgar immediately understood that they were outmatched.

The most horrifying was that even though Berthold’s arm had been completely broken when he fought Aria, he didn’t seem to show any expression of pain or discomfort.

Aria, meanwhile, couldn’t help but scream in dismay, “Berthold! Why did you betray us!?”

“Aria! Stop being so stupid! This isn’t Berthold! We must fall back! Hurry!!”

Having said this, he exchanged a look with Ketia before rushing with her toward ‘Berthold’ at full speed.

Aria was a versatile mage with an innate space and ice attribute. She was the only one who could bring them away from this place.

‘We need 30 seconds. No, with her current stats, between 40 to 50 seconds.’

In such an enclosed space with such a dangerous enemy, nearly one minute was basically luxury.

That’s why he began to speak, after firing the last 2 bullets in his gun.

“Who are you and what have you done with Berthold?”

Avoiding his bullets, the man took off his hat and bowed while avoiding a wide kick of Ketia, “My name is Drei. As for what happened to your friend...Guess.”

He laughed out loud before looking at the ceiling,

“Now then, I would really like to play around with you and slowly break you, before using your body as an experiment to verify how that king developed my theories, but you guys simply aren’t worth it. Too bad Milia isn’t here..”

Saying so, his smile immediately vanished and was replaced by a killing intent so heavy that Edgar, Aria, and Ketia felt completely suffocated as if they were being crushed alive.

Even though they had suffered years of torture under those inhumane experiment.

Even though they had fought many battles.

Even though they had killed a large number of people.

Compared to the man in front of them, their killing intent was nothing more than a joke.

No, it was as if they were facing death itself.

“You guys faced death. But I came back from it. Do not waste my time anymore.”

Saying so, he dusted himself before putting back on his hat and said with an extremely gentle smile, so gentle his earlier killing intent seemed like a lie,

“Aren’t you happy? You must be one of the few people in this world who survived not because they were strong, but because they were too weak. Hahaha! Bye-bye! Pray that we never meet again.”

On those last words, he vanished.

(AN: For Ketia’s transformation, imagine basically a jinchuriki cloak from naruto.)