At the entry post of the Blue Isle city, An beautifully adorned carriage that was being pulled by two Magical Beasts arrived escorted by 80 horsemen, another similarly prestigious carriage, and a few other warriors who seemed to be the high-ranked bodyguards.The Magical Beasts had a build similar to a lion but they were broad and had sharp and very long fangs that even extended outside of their mouths. The beast's faces looked ferocious with long whiskers dangling from their mouth toward the chin beside the fangs.The creatures had brownish-red and dense fur which covered their entire bodies. The beasts had sturdy and strong legs with metallic-looking claws, even some muscles were visible which made it obvious that the beasts could pull the carriage effortlessly and for extensive periods without any bother. They also had small, pointy, and angular horns on their heads. The city guards who were at the entry post gasped in astonishment seeing the convoy. Some passersby even passed out
The Zarx Family's caravan left for Blue Isle City after the banquet was over in Count Walker's castle. Ten days had passed since then and the caravan finally arrived near the Blue Isle City. Karna was practicing magic as always, In 10 days, he had made some progress and now he could cast the fireball spell without any problems.His relationship with Lara had improved significantly and they could even be called friends now as Lara had opened up to him after the incident happened in bronzwood County.The city wall was finally visible in the distance, Karna stretched his hands and put aside the book which he was holding. He breathed the sir which was warm, humid and salty. The salt of the endless sea could be felt from the air and its scent.The Blue Isle City was well fortified with high walls and sturdy gates. The walls looked old and yet stood strong for hundreds of years. carvings of magical arrays and runes could be seen on the ancient walls giving the City an artistic and surreal
Brycen and Wayne with everyone else looked at the carriage that had arrived at the city gates in unison, The carriage was in a class of its own. It looked similar to other luxurious carriages but the luster of the material and elegance of the design was completely different in quality. Even the Duke's carriage was overshadowed in its prestige.But what attracted the attention of these experts were the guards around the two carriages. All nobles had come with hundreds of soldiers to escort them but the Zarx Family's carriage was only escorted by a few guards who were not even 50 in total. This surprised many nobles at present as they could not comprehend if someone was so confident in their ability or just ignorant of the dangers during the journey.But people did not dare to make assumptions as there were truly some formidable people in the vast world. They looked at the Family Insignia which was engraved on the carriages and the armor of the warriors.Brycen and Wayne also looked at
Earl Shaw, Duke Carlstine, and Ron closed the curtains of their carriages. The soldiers at the entry post sighed in relief but soon fell into a dilemma. They could not decide who they should allow entry to first.Suddenly a horse approached galloping from inside the city and arrived at the gates. A man got off the horse, he had white hair and looked to be elderly. His face was full of wrinkles and his hands had loose skin. He wore the butler's coat which was black on a shirt and despite riding on horseback, the outfit was not crumpled at all. Although the man was elderly, he stood straight as he the aging of time did not affect him. His old face still had the vibrant energy of youth and his eyes blazed with vitality. His demeanor was that of a retired veteran. The guards on the entry post bowed deeply in respect when they saw the man. The respect they had shown was not half-hearted or the respect one shows for an elder. It seemed they truly revered the man judging from their sincer
Karna opened his eyes and once again saw the unknown white place. He was not surprised as much this time and was much calmer. However, he was still very curious about the place. Karna turned around wanting to explore the place once again."Eehk!" He shrieked in surprise after what he saw."Surprised? You thought you could have my body and live happily ever after, did you!?" The voice which was bold, sharp, and full of confidence rang in the strange place.Karna was dumbstruck as he saw the appearance of 'Rudra' in front of him. The figure was not clear as it was very transparent but it was undoubtedly Rudra's face."Idiot! What are you looking at? Have you not figured it out yet?" Rudra said in annoyance and frustration."Y-you are...." Karna muttered in a low voice as he averted his gaze."That's right! I am Rudra Von Zarx and you are an imposter!" Rudra yelled in an intimidating manner."Shut the fuck up! I didn't even want to get inside your body. I don't even know what happened to
When Karna opened his eyes, he felt a lot more clear-headed, the headache was gone as well and he felt calm after pouring out his feelings. Although he felt better, it was not something that can be accepted so easily. He decided to practice magic to distract himself. Whenever he felt odd or lonely, he just practiced magic to distract himself from other thoughts.Karna sat down on the ground cross-legged and brought out the books given to him by Markov before leaving to learn new apprentice-level spells. Karna first got in a Samadhi State after meditating with the Technique of the Mana Affinity Manual. Karna gradually lost his physical senses and his mind calmed down completely. He had no other thoughts besides sensing the Mana around him.A few moments passed and Karna finally began sensing the Particles of Red and White color. The Particles then entered his body like a stream and circulated throughout the body via blood veins before going into the Mana Core. This process happened
Karna was jolted by the sudden sting in his eyes as he hurriedly closed them tightly. "What's the matter?" He abruptly heard a voice in his head and was baffled by it. He squinted his eyes and tried to open them."Did you already forget what I told you? I can talk to you now when it's needed." Karna slightly recovered from the pain and finally remembered that Rudra was alive and in the same body nonetheless.Karna's eyes glowed slightly with a purple hue as he heard another voice in his head, [ Cooldown over, Eyes Of Wisdom can be used again ] "What the fuck!? Am I a mental now? Why am I hearing so many voices in my fucking head all of a sudden?" Karna thought in frustration.[ Request accepted! Analyzing the data....]Karna heard the voice again and his face changed colors visibly like some kind of chameleon. His expression turned into delight as he recognized the mechanical voice he had heard when he was attacked on the journey. [ Data Analyzed! Would you like to see the details
Thud! Thud! Thud!The sound of metal knocking on wood rang out which woke Karna up. He felt a lot better and refreshed as he had recovered from the lost Spiritual Force by sleeping. "THUD! My Lord, are ya there? My Lord!" The voice of Rudra's attendant, Raka, rang out from the other side.Karna rubbed his eyes and got off the bed, he opened the door."Young Lord, Your father the lord has invited you for a walk around the castle," Raka said as he bowed. "Okay, Give me some time," Rudra said and closed the door. His clothes along with other necessities were already present in the room. Karna selected a normal-looking noble attire from the closet and washed up his face and wore the selected clothes, he then combed his long hair and tied them in a ponytail. He liked doing all this alone without the help of the maids and servants as he was used to doing them by himself because of him being from the modern era.But while he did all these tasks he was also conversing with Rudra at the sam
A majestic scene could be witnessed in the first square of Stonehill castle as the sea breeze made the robes of about 200-300 mages flutter on one side.While on the other side, countless horses were also ready to march. The many soldiers and warriors of Marquis Miller and Marquis Zarx were dawdling together with a great sense of brotherhood as they chatted in murmurs creating a small fuss.The whole scene looked as if the Lord was about to go to war but it was far from it in reality.Princess Aurelia also could be seen with the group of mages with her hands folded along with two male mages and one female mage looking in the direction of the soldiers of the Miller and Zarx Families as if she was sizing them up.Her attention shifted when she saw the soldiers and warriors who were chatting with each other a moment ago suddenly strengthened up.When she looked; Karna along with Oliver and Raka as well as his bodyguards, and Sophia, as well as Piers with Darvnir, Brock, and Kasper, had f
Everyone was at the table and the breakfast began, there was fish, bread, egg, and watered wine.Karna was very awkward sitting beside Sophia as he had ignored her for the past few months completely and didn't know what Sophia had to say about that.Of course, he also progressed in his strength a lot during this time so it wasn't in vain. First of all, his Spiritual Force issue was now fixed and as a plus, he also studied the Spirit Soul Force Manual and learned the Skill 'Stun'.During this time he also gained some combat experience fighting Magical Beasts along with Rudra."Ah... Good morning..." Karna said to Sophia in a lower voice."Good morning. You finally seem to have found some time today huh..." Sophia said with a straight face as she momentarily looked at Karna and then looked away right after, "It's just that you seem to be always so busy." She proceeded to say."Why? Did you want to see me?.... Perhaps?" Karna seemed to be in a teasing fit as he was teasing every girl he
Karna got back to the castle or rather he sneaked back to the castle and went straight to his room. The first thing he did after getting back to his room was to sit down and chug down a battle of Spiritual Force Potion. He then sat down on the mat and concentrated on his soul. After a few minutes of focusing on his soul, he found himself In his 'Sea of Consciousness' and saw the many specs of Spiritual Energies floating all over the place. The Energies slowly began moving and gradually headed toward his body. After absorbing the Energies for a while Karna recovered some of his lost Spiritual Force and felt a lot better, "This is great. I have recovered fifty percent already." Rudra said. Karna nodded and got back to the material world. Karna then suddenly remembered something and his expression turned worried. "Do you think Eirwen is fine all by herself in the wilderness?" Karna asked. "She is not a human... To grow stronger she needs to be where she truly belongs. Without that
The forest was not as dark as before but it surely was not calm as a giant worm-servant thing that was very agile in movement looked to be going after a young man glowing in red who was just as agile. While the cat-and-mouse chase was happening, the nearby trees were being victimized as the serpent's tail was all over the place as it chased Rudra destroying the trees in the process. Seeing that its surprise attack had failed it was not able to beat Rudra in agility, the servant stopped in place and leaped into the air, and soared down at incredible speed as it rotated its body like a drill. The ground immediately split apart when it crashed, and the whole area became incredibly dusty in no time to the point that Rudra wasn't even able to see his surroundings. "I got this!" Karna said and conjured the 'Wind' spell and created a strong breeze that completely swept away the dust. When the location where the serpent crashed was cleared, Rudra and Karna saw that the earth was devastat
The woodland southwest of Blue Isle City near the Tejrov Mountains and the Goodsoar Valley was silent and calm, the time was early morning, it was a bit dark as the sun was just about to rise and only the sound of birds chirping could be heard. A cold wind blew by swaying the tree leaves which made a gentle rustling sound. The sun was slowly but surely rising in the sky illuminating the earth little by little dispelling the darkness. Everything was serene and calm in the vicinity. Suddenly a crunching sound of dry leaves being crushed rang out along with the mild, almost nonexistent sound of footsteps. A red-haired boy who wore a black scarf around his face presumably to hide his identity walked cautiously while holding a pitch-black sword in his hands. His steps were precise and his footwork was impeccable as he slowly made his way deep into the forest. The boy was, of course, Rudra. At least he was the one currently possessing the body. It had been three months since the banque
Liam felt as if someone had just hit him with a hammer. He was trembling with rage and looked at Karna with killing intent. He was just about to bring out his sword and attack him right there and there. Before he could make any impulsive move though, he felt a strong grip on his shoulders. When he looked behind, he saw his father the Duke who moved his neck sideways and tacitly said to not do anything. Nobles, Merchants, and others who were blown away by today's revelation slowly realized the existence of the Duke. It was obvious why Marquis Miller chose the Zarx Family as a partner. Marquis Miller was known to be an amiable man but not many people knew that he was very prideful at his core. He did not appreciate the fact that the Duke could simply choke the Trade Route and all the Blue Isle City's business with the Island Chain would be useless. And aside from the Dukes, the Imperial Family and a few others there was just the Zarx Family who had enough wealth to partner up with h
Duke Carlstine walked up to Marquis Miller amidst all the noise of people talking and the clinking sound of cutlery along with the soft and calming melody of music. "Lord Miller, it's nice to see you at last. I have been hearing that you were... rather busy these days." He said with a calm expression. The truth was that Duke Carlstine had been trying to have a meeting with the Marquis before the event but was told that the marquis was busy in preparations. "Forgive me, Your Grace. I have truly been busy in the preparations of a few ventures." Marquis Miller bowed and replied apologetically. "Oh? If I may ask... What ventures might those be?" The Duke asked sarcastically. "Just some minor matters, Your Grace. Not worthy of your attention. Did you like this city of ours? I heard you have been to the Auction House already?" Marquis Miller changed the topic and asked. "Oh it wasn't me, Liam was the one who went there. But I went on sightseeing just recently... You have developed
Karna took a sip of his wine and looked at the entrance as a sound of footsteps was heard coming from outside the Hall. The special guest came in and Karna's eyes widened as he almost spat out the wine in his mouth. "Our first special guest today is the representative from the Leblanc Auction House... Lady Vilma!" Marquis Miller said and raised his glass of wine. Everyone else followed his lead and welcomed her. Vilma came in with Kuku and Mayra on both sides and waved to the people present seductively. "How typical of her..." Sophia muttered. "Why is she here?" Karna spurted out, "You will know soon..." Sophia said. Many people were also wondering the same thing. But no one argued that the Leblanc name didn't deserve to be treated with respect as everyone knew that the mysterious house of Leblanc was not just limited to the Auction House. While on the other hand, Liam was fuming with anger seeing Karna and Sophia whispering to each other. The Duke shot him a glance hinting t
The fateful day of the banquet was finally here, the castle which was being adorned for a long time now was finally ready for the mysterious event that would soon begin. All preparations were ready, and the ballroom where the banquet was going to be held was especially adorned with gold plating for the grand occasion which only a few individuals knew what was really about. Noble Lords and Ladies, merchants, and even scholars from the capital along with representatives of Nobles who themselves could not attend were getting ready to finally attend the banquet. Lara was currently in Karna's room, she stepped away from him a bit to take a good look at him to make sure she didn't miss anything. Karna was wearing his extravagant clothes as always but he felt as if something was off with the clothes he was wearing that day. "Hey, Lara. Say... Isn't this a bit too much? Even my most lavish clothes aren't this extravagant. I look like a King." He said as he looked awkwardly at the cloth