“Dark Dagger Strike!” Brianna threw a dagger first to get Ulmer’s attention, and she secretly released the second dagger in a curving manner, controlling its trajectory with the help of a string.The dagger flew like a lightning bolt and nearly struck Ulmer’s temple.Ulmer managed to catch the dagger at the last second. His hand started bleeding. “That was close. How did you control the dagger midway?”Brianna flicked the string, which sent a pulse of energy along the string.Ulmer still didn’t notice the string, but he felt the noise of the vibration passing through the string. He instinctively tossed the dagger away, and it immediately exploded.“Damn,” Ulmer frowned as he deflected the pieces of the dagger that came flying at him. “The dagger blasted into pieces? What sort of magic is this?”Brianna formed two new daggers and threw them at him. “Infinite Parallel Claw!”The daggers suddenly multiplied in number and became hundreds as they all zoomed in on him.Ulmer immediately pun
Brianna summoned a dagger and threw it into the audience. Alveron caught it and observed the words that briefly appeared on the knife.Alveron then stood and walked away.“Where’s he going?”“Did the princess send him a message or something?”As the crowd wondered, Brianna stepped toward Ulmer. “They call you Knight Beater, but what is your name?”“What makes you think you’re qualified to know my name?” Ulmer asked her back.Brianna angrily smiled. “You know who I am.”“Just because you’re the princess, you think you can do whatever you want and get away with it?” Ulmer blurted. “What a joke. Don’t you know of the saying that the greatest among you needs to be the best servant? You do not seem to have any humble qualities in you, seeing how you didn’t even introduce yourself and were yet asking for my name. Is this how your parents raised you? Or is this how all royals are groomed? To be so full of themselves all the time?”Many people in the audience stands gasped at Ulmer’s words. T
The yellowish orange light coming from Brianna’s daggers was giving off a strange frequency that affected Ulmer even though he was standing at a distance from her.“It really feels like I’m standing under the sun in late summer,” Ulmer uttered. “My skin feels like it’s burning. That’s a lot of concentrated energy she’s releasing.” He released golden spiritual energy through his fists as well. “I wasn’t expecting her to be this strong, but this is good, too. I will feel satisfied after I beat her.”[Just be careful so you won’t lose.] Dove warned.“I don’t plan on losing to anybody, especially her,” Ulmer replied and rushed toward her.“Meteor Strike!” Brianna waved her dagger and sent an arc-like slash toward Ulmer. It reached him in the tenth of a second, He jumped and dodged it while keeping his body parallel to the ground just for that brief moment. The arc-shaped slash went onto strike the colosseum wall and cut its way through the barrier put up by the royal knights and then then
A few months back.“I haven’t given my heart to anyone before. You’re the first one I loved,” Ulmer was talking with Brianna through the laptop.“Ha-ha, you talk like you didn’t even love anyone else, including your parents,” Brianna laughed a little.“The first person I truly loved is YOU, Brianna,” Ulmer said. “The sky is blue, yes, but I see more blue in your eyes.”Brianna smiled pleasantly from hearing his words. “And?”“Honey is sweet, but I think your name is sweeter than honey. I always scold myself because I’m unable to speak to you face to face everyday,” Ulmer added. “But then I always feel happy that I’m at least able to talk to you and hear you speak. I can’t wait to find a job close to where you live. Then we can finally live together.”“I’m looking forward to that day, too.” Brianna blew a flying kiss to him.He kissed her back.After the video call ended, Ulmer took a deep breath and smiled. “You are my happiness. I can’t stay far from you for long. I will get a job an
“Why aren’t you attacking me?” Brianna asked. “You were rushing toward me just now, but after tasting my attack, you stopped in your tracks. Why is that? Are you afraid to come closer now?”“Yeah,” Ulmer nodded twice, “I think I’m afraid that I might see your ugly face if I get any closer.”Ulmer’s words shocked everyone in the crowd, though Mirianne was secretly giggling.“How dare he speak like that to the princess!”“He should be beheaded right now!”Some young men from noble families voiced their opinions pretty loudly. They wanted to back the princess in whatever way possible as they hoped that she’d take notice of their efforts. If they got lucky, they might even become a friend of hers, and who knows, they might even end up marrying her.“You want to behead me for saying something that came to my mind?” Ulmer raised his middle finger and showed it to the nobles.“What’s he doing?”“Why’s he raising his finger like that?”“Maybe, he’s got some sickness or something?”“What a foo
Many years earlier.During sunrise, Dylan was sitting on a cliff on one of the biggest mountains in Syslon, with Brianna sitting on the back of his neck when she was only four years old.She was counting his white hairs.“There’s a magnificent view on offer, Minerva,” Dylan said. “Instead of absorbing this view, why are you counting my hairs?”“I’m not counting all your hair, Grandpa. I’m only counting white hairs,” she innocently said. “Why do you have so many white hairs?”“I’m growing old, so it’s only natural that I have many white hairs,” he said. “It’s something that happens to everyone.”“So, I will get white hair, too?” she asked in shock.“Yeah, you will, but there’s still many decades left before you start getting gray hairs,” Dylan said.Dylan’s words didn’t really satisfy her. “I don’t want white hair.”“Haha,” Dylan laughed a little because she looked cute when she was pouting. He then raised his finger, and bolts of lightning streaked the clear blue sky in the distance.
Brianna teleported over to him in a flash and thrust both the daggers this time. “Double Heavenly Bolt!”Ulmer used both of his palms to block the dagger. He was pushed back by the powerful energy, and there was the emperor’s barrier behind him. He was sandwiched between two opposing forces.The audience could feel vibrations filling their bodies and making their hearts shake. This gave the feeling of a dozen thunders striking at the same time somewhere close to you. The feeling of shock was indescribable for most of the onlookers. Many of them had never experienced such an oppressive feeling before that made them feel helpless. It was like they were up against a natural disaster, and what scared them even more was the fact that they were only experiencing the little bit of shockwaves that were passing through the barrier.It wasn't that the emperor couldn’t have stopped those vibrations from passing through his barrier, but he chose not to do that as he wanted to let the weakened sou
Everyone in the audience stands eagerly awaited the emperor’s response.Mirianne and her family members looked a little anxious because the emperor’s word was final. If the emperor were to say that Ulmer needs to be punished, then nobody would be able to save him.At the same time, Ayana and her family members looked very worried. Ayana, in particular, had a frown on her face as she remembered Ulmer telling her that he entered the city on his own. And nobody questioned him because there was no disturbance in the barrier that surrounded Syslon.As many in the audience murmured to one another, the emperor, Dylan, took his time before saying, “He does have the permission to step foot in our empire.”Everyone went silent after that statement.Brianna frowned. (I wasn’t expecting him to say that. Does he know this guy in some fashion? Wait, the fact that Oscar supported him also makes things questionable. Just who the hell is he for SAC to be supporting him when it doesn’t look like it’s b