Chapter 130
WOOOONG!
The light cluster wrapped around Zeke like a curtain.
Simultaneously, part of the light seeped into Zeke and Felix.
At that moment, Felix, who was reading the letter nearby, felt refreshed as the light absorbed into his body.
“W-what is this, my lord?”
A message appeared before Zeke’s eyes.
[Light Curtain effect partially restores health.]
It seemed to be a skill that provided healing effects to nearby allies.
Zeke asked Felix.
“Felix, tell me what changes you feel in your body.”
Felix moved his body around.
“I don’t feel any major changes. Just feeling refreshed, and breathing is easier?”
It didn’t seem to have dramatic healing effects like Healing or Infinite stamina skills.
When Zeke deactivated the skill, the light cluster disappeared again.
While swinging the Orichalcon sword, Zeke suddenly had a question.
‘Can others use this skill besides me?’
Zeke called Felix.
“Felix, hold this sword and try saying ‘Light veil while injecting aura.”
Felix did as Zeke instructed without knowing why.
“Light veil.”
Despite injecting aura, the sword showed no reaction.
He tried several more times, but it was useless.
Felix said to Zeke with an awkward expression.
“Ah, it’s not working?”
“Hmm. I see.”
Felix said with an excited expression.
“My lord! Could it be like that? Like in legends where swords choose their masters!”
“Stop talking nonsense and let’s get out of here. We seem to have found everything your grandfather left.”
Zeke and Felix gathered everything Fab Valencia left and exited the catacomb.
Then they covered the stone coffin as before so others wouldn’t discover this place.
Night had fallen, so Zeke and Felix decided to stay at the village chief’s house for the night. Felix’s house had been unused for too long and would be no different from sleeping outdoors.
Even after dinner, Felix kept reading and rereading the letter his grandfather left.
Zeke decided to give Felix time alone.
‘Must have been quite a shock.’
The contents weren’t easy to process, including that Fab wasn’t his biological grandfather and that his parents were killed by the Holy Kingdom.
While Felix read the letter, Zeke went to the backyard with the Orichalcon sword.
He examined the book that came with the sword. Felix had entrusted both items to Zeke’s discretion, saying they were beyond his ability to handle.
Zeke was surprised when he saw the book’s contents.
“This is… a secret manual containing Arch Paladin’s insights.”
It was a secret manual containing the words of Arch Paladin Fab Valencia.
Zeke quickly skimmed through the manual’s contents.
There were quite radical contents written in it.
“Wielding sword techniques without using a sword?”
It meant that once you reach a certain level, your whole body becomes a sword to use sword techniques without necessarily wielding one.
At first glance, the book might seem to be about body techniques, but it claimed to be different from ordinary body techniques.
It explained that using hands and arms as swords to unleash aura blades was different from striking enemies with martial arts moves.
‘…Isn’t it the same thing in the end?’
At Zeke’s current level, Fab Valencia’s insights didn’t fully resonate.
Fab Valencia named his insights manual ‘Infinite Chain Formation.’
“Does it mean being able to connect all movements without interruption?”
The core of this technique was to wrap aura blades around the entire body and attack enemies by swinging hands, feet, or charging with the body rather than wielding a sword.
Imagining the Infinite Chain Formation, it seemed it could exert much more powerful effects than expected.
Fab Valencia wrote this at the end of the manual:
-May those who are destined learn this Infinite Chain Formation, and if unable to master it, please pass it on to someone qualified with a good heart.
Zeke felt slightly guilty at the ‘good heart’ part but rationalized that since he was destined to discover the manual, he could learn it.
‘I’ll learn it and teach Felix too.’
As Zeke aimed to become the continent’s strongest, he could use anything that would make him stronger.
Zeke scanned all the manual’s contents and saved them in a random folder.
Since the insights required enlightenment, it would take time, so he decided to research slowly.
Zeke tried performing the movements from the manual one by one.
It was still difficult to distinguish between making hands and arms into swords versus martial arts strikes.
“Wow, this would require at least Blue Knight level to learn.”
Since all movements needed aura blades, Felix, who was at Purple Knight level, wouldn’t be able to perform them even if taught now.
When Zeke was learning the basic movements of Infinite Chain Formation, Felix came outside.
Zeke stopped his movements and approached Felix.
“Felix.”
Unlike usual, Felix’s face looked quite gaunt.
But his eyes were much clearer than before.
‘Seems he’s coping well enough.’
Zeke, who had Sturdy Mental Defense as a passive skill, rarely experienced mental breakdowns.
But Felix, though strong and talented, was an ordinary person who couldn’t help but be greatly affected by psychological shock.
Felix approached Zeke and suddenly made a crying face.
“HUUUNG. My lord.”
Zeke patted the shoulder of Felix who was crying profusely.
‘I was mistaken.’
After sobbing for a while, Felix finally regained his composure.
“Sniff. I’m sorry for showing such an unsightly appearance, my lord.”
“It’s fine. It’s not like this is the first time.”
Zeke didn’t have high expectations for Felix to begin with.
Looking at the depressed Felix, Zeke had a thought.
‘I wonder if Sturdy Mental Defense can be transferred as an area buff?’
After contemplating, Zeke tried casting Sturdy Mental Defense as an area buff.
WOOOONG!
The area buff was cast around Zeke.
Suddenly, the depressed Felix lifted his head.
“My lord, this is no time for me to be depressed.”
Zeke carefully observed Felix’s sudden change.
Felix clenched his fist and shouted.
“I will definitely achieve revenge for my parents! And complete the mission grandfather left behind!”
Zeke pondered briefly while watching Felix’s burning eyes.
‘Did the buff go wrong?’
After seriously discussing how to get revenge on the Holy Kingdom with a firm attitude for about thirty minutes, Felix became depressed again as soon as the buff wore off.
“…My lord, I’ll go to bed first.”
The depression seemed to hit twice as hard after the buff’s effect ended.
Zeke realized through Felix that passive skills could also be buffed.
“Mental-related skills are dangerous. I should be careful when using them.”
Zeke thought he should test buffing Infinite Stamina skill and Combat Sense skills once Felix recovered.
Fortunately, the next day Felix shook off his depression and reTourned to his usual self.
“My lord, I want to complete grandfather’s mission.”
“You mean saving the Lubern bloodline?”
“Yes. After thinking carefully yesterday, everything aligned into one.”
Felix spoke in a serious voice.
“Saving the Lubern bloodline and bringing down the Papal faction. Grandfather must have wanted to somehow save the Holy Kingdom he loved as it became increasingly corrupt and depraved.”
Zeke nodded at Felix’s words.
“Well done, Felix. The buff was worth it.”
“Huh? What’s that?”
“Nothing.”
Since Zeke also had a quest to deliver the light spellbook to the Lubern bloodline, their purposes aligned in some ways.
Zeke and Felix returned to the castle.
However, when they arrived at the castle, someone sent by Kei was waiting for Zeke.
The Syndicate had found traces of the Lubern bloodline.
Zeke was surprised reading the contents the informant brought.
“You’re saying there’s a Lubern descendant in Tempel?”
The informant answered with a tense expression.
“Yes, Boss. There’s an underground organization that’s been established in Tempel for a long time, and according to Holy Kingdom informants, the Paladin Secret Unit has been tracking this organization continuously. We estimate there’s a high probability this organization is connected to the Lubern bloodline.”
“What’s this organization’s name?”
“It’s only known as the Rose Society.”
“The Rose Society.”
Zeke recalled the throne from the Lubern Dynasty era he saw in the cradle.
‘There was definitely a rose engraved there too.’
The blue rose was the symbolic flower of the Lubern Dynasty.
Zeke thought the Syndicate’s reasoning made sense.
The problem was the Paladin Secret Unit dispatched by the Holy Kingdom.
Even after Fab’s death, the Holy Kingdom seemed to continually search for Lubern descendants and imprison them in the Order.
‘They said the Holy Kingdom keeps looking for them because Lubern’s bloodline causes miracles. Could those miracles be…’
Zeke ordered the informant to investigate the Holy Kingdom’s ‘miracles’.
Then he called Felix.
“Felix, we’ve found traces of Lubern, get ready.”
“Yes! Understood.”
Zeke decided to take Felix and Liam to Tempel.
After leaving the knights with Decker and Farrell , Zeke headed straight to Tempel with the two.
* * *
“Wow.”
As soon as they left the station, Felix and Liam couldn’t close their mouths at Tempel’s scenery.
Atlas was a sophisticated new city, and Mycenae was an antique city.
But Tempel’s scenery was completely different from both cities.
Large mercenaries and warriors proudly carried weapons on the main street, and rough-looking people drinking alcohol since daylight were everywhere.
BANG!
A loud crashing sound came from nearby.
“Kill that bastard!”
A fight broke out from drinking and causing trouble.
Zeke watched without much concern, as if familiar with such scenes.
Actually, the North where he stayed for a long time in his previous life was mostly like this, so it wasn’t unfamiliar.
Zeke said to Felix and Liam.
“Tempel is the Tourn family’s stronghold.”
Hearing those words, the two immediately understood why the city was like this.
The Tourn family, known as former royalty of the Northern Continent, was rough, unrefined, and worshipped warriors.
As a result, fighting was practically their daily routine.
The people who were fighting just moments ago were now tilting beer mugs, singing songs, and putting arms around each other’s shoulders.
Liam smiled, seeming to like what he saw.
Zeke looked at Liam with renewed interest.
‘Well, as the future Mercenary King, this might suit him better than being a knight.’
Zeke took Felix and Liam to lodgings pre-arranged by the Syndicate.
The lodging was located in Tourn’s bustling district, which was also the underworld stage.
When Zeke’s group came out after changing clothes and preparing, a Syndicate member approached.
“Got contact from above. I’ll guide you to the Rose Society.”
Since the Rose Society was an underground organization like the Syndicate, they seemed to have channels of communication.
Zeke followed the member towards the secretive underworld streets.
They walked through winding alleys.
Outlaws and gang members with full-body tattoos and vicious looks glared at Zeke’s group from everywhere.
Though they were no match for Zeke’s group who had formal knight training, they quietly followed the guide to hide their identities.
After passing through many alleys, the member pointed to an entrance leading to a building’s basement.
“This way.”
“You’re not coming with us?”
“A low-rank member like me isn’t qualified to enter. I’ll wait until you come out.”
Zeke’s group left the guide and went underground.
Going down, they found a musty-smelling warehouse.
‘Must be where they store leather.’
Wooden boxes full of fur pelts were stacked everywhere.
The members in front guided Zeke’s group inside after hearing they came through the Syndicate.
Zeke noticed rose tattoos on the members’ wrists.
Inside the warehouse, a short-haired woman with tattoos on both forearms and neck sat in a chair eating peanuts.
Large men stood in a line behind her.
The woman in the chair chewed on peanut shells before spitting them out.
Then she looked at Zeke’s group and opened her mouth.
“You’re saying you’re from the Syndicate? Bullshit. Hey, kill these bastards.”
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