Chapter 234 - Clash (3)
‘Is this the Highlander region?’
Henry calculated the coordinates of the Highlander region and Teleported there. However, upon arrival, he noticed that the region was far different from what he remembered.
‘This is probably all because of Arthus.’
Of course, the Highlander region had already been pretty well developed as Arthus tended to invest a lot in the things he owned. This region had always been important to him, but when he founded the Aenia Empire and made the Highlander region the capital, its development skyrocketed.
‘Alright, let’s get going.’
Henry was confident that he could sneak into the capital in the middle of the war because Arthus’ entire army was focused on conquering the rest of the continent; there was nobody left in the capital to stop Henry from carrying out his assassination plot.
Henry felt like Arthus’ staying behind in the capital wasn’t right. Conquering the continent was meaningless if the emperor himself wasn’t there to claim victory.
Furthermore, sending the entire army to conquer the continent obviously carried risks, such as leaving the emperor vulnerable to assassination, which was what Henry would attempt to do. It made no sense for Arthus to overlook that risk, especially since he had learned about Henry, a 7th-Circle Archmage, from the right minister.
Nevertheless, the fact that Arthus concentrated all of his forces on the conquest of the continent suggested that he still had a trump card no one else knew about.
‘I’m sure it's the Chimeras.’
Henry assumed that Arthus’ secret weapon was the Chimeras.
‘This would all make sense if his trump card is the Chimeras, since even Von struggled against one in the past.’
Von himself had almost died because of a Chimera. However, after the incident with Mordred, Chimeras had rarely been seen.
‘Just what in the world are you up to, Arthus?’
Henry couldn't understand Arthus’ intentions, which is why he had come all the way to the capital to find out for himself.
“Sword on. Armor on.”
Henry summoned his sword and armor.
He had no intention of wasting time, as the allied forces were in the middle of a battle against the imperial army, which was two times their size.
Henry’s soldiers could be dying at that very moment, which was why he couldn’t afford to waste any time; every second was precious.
Whoosh!
Green flames enveloped Henry’s body as he summoned the Colt Sword and Colt Armor. He then summoned many more white-colored weapons.
Henry then stomped his foot.
Boom! Tzzzz!
Henry cast the strongest magic armor at his disposal. He was overflowing with power. His physical strength was through the roof, every fiber of his body brimming with power. On top of that, all of his senses were extremely heightened.
‘Here I come.’
Boom!
Henry bolted toward Arthus’ palace, his speed amplified tremendously by the spells he had cast.
Imperial soldiers were guarding the entrance to the palace. As soon as they saw Henry approaching, they were shocked and quickly raised their Aura-infused spears.
However, it was futile, as Henry had no intention of persuading them. He swung his sword forward.
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An emerald-colored Aura blade shot forward, and like a razor-sharp gust of wind, it sliced the soldiers in half from the waist.
However, Henry’s sword strike didn’t just cut the soldiers in half; it also left a mark on the palace wall behind them. It looked as if a giant beast had scratched the wall with its claw.
Boom!
“W-what was that?!”
There was a big commotion.
With an attack as powerful as that, the people within the palace grounds had to have heard the commotion at the gates. At the sudden loud noise, everyone stopped what they were doing and turned their heads.
Boom!
“H-how dare you?!”
As she fled, the high-ranking guard, who had asked for Henry’s identity, became furious. He then snatched the bow from the archer next to him and pointed it at the fleeing court lady.
Whoosh!
There was a sharp sound, and just when his arrow was about to hit the court lady...
Clank!
The arrow was blocked.
“What an idiot.”
Henry had cast a magic shield on the court lady’s back, saving her life. Thanks to him the court lady managed to safely escape the palace.
Henry snapped his fingers again, and...
“Argh!”
Sharp thorns shot up from under the guard who had shot the arrow, piercing him in many places.
Henry shouted again, “I’ll say this one last time! Leave the palace at once! If you don’t, I’ll consider you my enemy, and you’ll end up like this sorry bastard!”
“Nooo!”
Sometimes, a single scary warning was more effective than a speech.
The moment Henry finished his second warning, the guards and the court ladies hurriedly ran away.
“Ha.”
It had been well over a minute, but Henry patiently waited until everyone got out.
After most of the people at the palace escaped, Henry pulled back the huge ice boulder he had summoned like a catapult. He then threw it with all his might, as if skipping rocks.
Swoosh!
A heavy sound cut through the air.
Henry purposefully put a spin on the ice boulder to enhance its destructive power. He had aimed for the throne.
Boom!
The spinning ice boulder shattered everything it landed on, resulting in dust everywhere.
Henry finally lowered himself to the ground and slowly walked toward the shattered throne.
“Ahhhh!”
The terrified court ladies who hadn’t yet escaped from their hiding places screamed and ran past Henry. However, he didn’t pay any attention to them. Instead, he focused all his attention on the ice boulder he had thrown.
Crack! Crack!
Just then, the ice boulder, which was deeply lodged in the ground, began moving and suddenly bounced back.
Whoosh!
The ice boulder flew back at Henry, clearly aimed at him.
Seeing this, Henry smirked. Just as the boulder was about to hit his head, it stopped in midair.
“So there really is something here.”
Henry had stopped the ice boulder solely with his mana. He tossed it aside and then fixed his gaze back where the throne was.
-Kurk kurk.
It was an unpleasant, but familiar chuckle. Thinking back, Henry said to himself, “Was it Waled? There must be someone else like Alfred’s son.”
He couldn’t remember whether it was Waled or Syred who had turned into a Chimera; both of them had been worthless people, not worth remembering.
However, Henry found Chimeras interesting. He glanced in the direction of where the sound had come from, his lips curving into a smile.
As the dust settled down, Henry could see two monsters and a man beside them, who had long silver hair and wore a colorful silk robe.
That man had always worn a smile, but not once had it been a genuine, pleasant smile.
He was none other than the emperor of the Aenia Empire, Arthus Highlander, the man at the very top of Henry’s list of people to kill.