The Indomitable Martial King Chapter 283

However, the relationship between Yubel and Reppenhardt broke even that common sense.

From the beginning, Yubel did not even dare to consider Reppenhardt as his rival. From the beginning, he had a keen sense of how powerful, clever, and powerful the large man was.

Even though they gave him a part of the country and made him a subject, saying it was an autonomous territory, he didn’t feel like he was subordinate to him at all. The Leffenhardt that Jubel saw was such a giant – both materially and mentally – that she could not dare to lust for power against him.

To Yubel, who was free from his foolish desire for power, Reppenhardt was the most trustworthy comrade who dreamed the same dream.

Reppenhardt slowly raised his head. Yubel and I made eye contact.

‘It was a success in the end, Yubel.’

‘It’s all thanks to you.’

Repenhardt did his best to help with Yubel’s policy of liberating different races. It was Leffenhardt who did most of the work of purging opponents, manipulating public opinion, and persuading centrist nobles. (Well, to be exact, Carol did it.)

Since the two most powerful people in the kingdom have selflessly joined hands, there is no way the opposing faction can use their power. There was quite a bit of opposition, but in the end, it was all suppressed.

Additionally, it was not only the opposition from the nobility that Reppenhardt suppressed. Following Karl’s advice, he faithfully laid the groundwork not only for worldly forces but also for religious issues.

Of course, the most powerful church in Crovence is the Redanti Church, but the Sayre Church is also powerful. As soon as the policy became known, the Sayre Church went wild, saying it was an act of blasphemy.

The two denominations, Redanti and Philanense, who were lobbied by the County of Antares, suppressed that opposition.

The Redanti Church was already looking for an opportunity to overpower the Sayre Church. However, the kings of both countries have given us a golden opportunity, so there is no reason to miss this opportunity. He openly declared his opposition to the doctrines of the Sayre Order.

-According to Redanti’s teachings, the goddess blessed people and told them to cultivate the land and eat its produce. Animals never cultivate the earth and only steal the grace of the goddess, which means that those who harvest the earth’s produce are humans, which will be clear proof that they are humans!

Not only elves and dwarves, but also orcs who lead a nomadic lifestyle and trolls who live a life of natural fairy tales tend at least a vegetable garden. Although it has never been applied before, according to the Redanti doctrine, these people must have been people.

The work of the Philanense Church was carried out under the leadership of Archbishop Silan of Antares. After seeking advice from the sages of the church and receiving permission from the church headquarters, he declared Silan to the world.

-According to Philanense’s teachings, animals only mate through carnal desires, but humans produce offspring through love. They find spouses through spiritual communication and give birth to and raise children through that love, which is clear proof that they are human!

The policy of liberation of different races, with changes in perception, institutional support, and religious foundations, was eventually revealed to the world. From this moment on, the different races of the Kingdom of Crovence were no longer slaves. As a proud free man, he gained the rights of a citizen of a country.

Sacred Hall, Brastina.

Yubel stood there and gestured to Reppenhardt in a dignified manner.

“Stand up, Count Antares.”

The large man straightened his back and stood up. Even though it is just standing there, a majesty seems to fill the hall.

King Yubel II declared, holding out the royal seal.

“In recognition of his merits, I grant the title of Duke to Count Antares in the name of Crovence. Now he is the Duke of Antares, so his territory is also called the Principality of Antares!”

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The new royal capital of the Principality of Antares, where the blue autumn sky shines brightly.

Aranan Grad was in full swing with a festive atmosphere. This is to celebrate that their king, Reppenhardt, has officially received the dukedom.

Every street is filled with beer and wine, dancing and music. Traveling troupes from all over the world put on performances on the streets, and bars and restaurants even set up small tables, rejoicing in the boom as the number of customers multiplied several times.

A grand parade continued with pollen flying over the roof. A large model made of woven cloth passed along the main street. It was a model depicting a large, muscular old man happily beating up an old prosecutor who resembled a monkey.

The magnificent parade was clearly visible from the royal palace, Gairach, and from Reppenhardt’s private room. Leppenhardt clicked his tongue while looking at the parade model.

“that… … Don’t you think it’s going to be crazy if Sword Saint Vanatel sees it? Well, Master seemed to like it, so I guess it doesn’t matter.”

Anyway, Reppenhardt looked down at the festival street with happy eyes. All five races, humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, and trolls, were happily enjoying the festival together. It was a sight that had never been seen before during the Antares Empire.

“I think it was a good idea to hold a festival as expected.”

Reppenhardt, who was a wizard in his previous life, did not attach any meaning to festivals. His theory was that if you get tired from work, you should take a rest, so why waste your energy while playing.

In fact, I tried to dissuade Carol from starting the festival again, saying it was useless.

-Isn’t it a bit funny to deliberately have the people congratulate me on becoming the King of the King?

It costs a lot of money to run a festival. Our finances are already not good because of Gerrard’s salary, so is there any need to spend money unnecessarily? Of course, in the meantime, the special products of this race were sold all over the continent, enriching Antares’ finances considerably… … .

But Carol was firmly opposed.

-You seem to be mistaken, but you’re not specifically congratulating the King of Kong, are you? You just like having a chance to play, right?

Karl knows well how much national events like this unite the people. Any ruler must make excuses to the people and give them a chance to breathe.

-They say that bread and play are the most foolish behavior of a ruler who rules over his people. This does not mean that a wise ruler does not provide bread and play. Of course, it means that you have to provide that and something else as well.

So, even within her tight financial plan, Carol managed to prepare a separate budget for the festival. Even Reppenhardt was amazed at how they made up that budget. The administration said that Carol’s exquisite skills were such that they said, ‘Our Prime Minister is an alchemist!’

So Carol made a plan and held a festival. The name was ‘Antares Foundation’. I think it’s a bit funny to call it the founding of a country that has been around for several years, but Carol remained stubborn until the end.

-Once again, excuses are fine. The important thing is to have a chance to play, right? Not everyone in the world lives a life that only runs toward a goal like King Kong. Usually, people play when they play and rest when they rest before they can work again.

Leffenhardt himself acknowledged that he was somewhat outside the world’s general perception. And so far, Carol has never said anything wrong. So she trusted him this time too and pushed forward with the work.

“As expected, Carol doesn’t say empty words.”

The sight of everyone coming together was a more enjoyable sight than he expected. Nodding, Leffenhardt looked away from the window.

‘Let people play and I should do my own thing, hmm.’

Now Reppenhardt was shirtless and wearing only pants, as usual. I don’t know when this became my regular outfit. He sighed and looked down at his metal belt.

This mithril belt, processed with the skill of a dwarf, is a magical tool with a specific function through which he casts all kinds of magic. It was a function that utilized the small infinite pouch attached to the side of the belt and the relics of the four directions contained within it. A small chain came out of the mouth of the pocket and was connected to the belt.

The relic of the four directions is in the form of a large metal plate measuring about 30 centimeters by 30 centimeters. It is too inconvenient to just carry around. So, even in my past life, I used the method of putting it in an infinite pocket to reduce its size and then connecting it with a magic wire to carry it around.

I just wore it around my neck at the time… … .

“Nowadays, we often fight shirtless, so it’s a bit dangerous to wear it around our necks. “You could be attacked.”

So it was processed into a belt shape. Well, there was a reason why it was difficult to reduce the size to the size of a necklace like back then with my current skills.

Reppenhardt raised his hand in the air. He made a hand sign and calmly began chanting the spell.

After a while, the magic was activated.

“Arcane Blaster!”

A rainbow-colored flash stretched beyond the window and passed through the sky above Aranan Grad. A loud noise rumbled. The citizens who were attending the festival looked into space in surprise for a moment, but soon burst out cheering again.

“Oh oh!”

“Wow, it’s pretty!”

It seemed like they thought they had used some kind of celebratory magic. Well, the Arcane Blaster is colorful and pretty. Repenhardt also knew this, so he openly used magic.

Reppenhardt nodded, clenching and unclenching his hands.

“Well, 8 circles is no problem.”

He prepared his magic again. This time it was the 9th circle wide area explosion spell, Prominence Tempest. Hundreds of fireworks flew into the air and exploded spectacularly. Once again, the citizens went wild because they liked it.

“If you’re going to practice magic, you can also provide services to citizens, right?”

If it explodes at that level, no amount of 9th circle magic will cause any damage. Just pretty sparks flying in all directions.

Leffenhardt withdrew his hand. Circle 9 magic could now be used without any major problems. My heart was naturally proud.

“It seems like it was only yesterday that we started begging in the 7th Circle, but we got it back to the 9th Circle right away.”

It wasn’t a magic that I couldn’t use because I didn’t know it anyway. Wasn’t it because he didn’t have enough magic power that he suffered so much?

Although the calculation speed is a little slower than before, this Testron head has also been developed sufficiently. It’s not at all strange that with just enough magical power, you can quickly reach the level of a 9th Circle Master.

‘Well, this is only natural. The problem is next.’

Reppenhardt calmly concentrated his mind. He raises both his hands and slowly chants the spell. Through his belt, the relics of the Four Four Gods supply his magical power.

The enormous magical power, which overwhelmingly exceeds his current magical power allowance, creates a virtual conception space and is naturally linked as if it were Reppenhardt’s magical power.

This is the greatest strength of the four directions relic. If you forcefully pour magical power into the current Leffenhardt, who has a small vessel, it will only overflow. However, rather than pouring in magic power, the four directions relic creates another virtual vessel, making it possible to use magic that exceeds the allowed magic power.

Feeling the external magic as his own, Reppenhardt activated the power of the 10th circle.

“Great miracle magic, Infinity Gate.”

A dark space opened up before my eyes. After remaining silent for a moment, Reppenhardt worked his magic. And he activated the 10 circle spell again.

“Great miracle magic, Infinity Gate.”

After deploying the transcendent force field three times in a row, the relics of the Four Directions God no longer allowed magical power. Leffenhardt quenched his appetite.

“Tsk, I’ve been synchronizing for three months already, but you’re not listening to me, man.”

The magical power contained in the relics of the Four Directions Gods was literally close to infinite. No matter how much I scoop out, there is no end in sight. Even Reppenhardt could not guess why such an incredible artifact was created in ancient times.

However, Repenhardt was not able to use all of that infinite magic power. In any case, magic power is allowed only up to the area where synchronization and synchronization have been completed.

In his previous life, the area where Reppenhardt digested the relics of the four directions was only about 5%, and with that alone, he was able to gain nearly twice the magical power of his original body.

In his previous life, his inherent magical power was twice that of Jade, the light mage who was the 9th circle master and the second largest mage on the continent. In addition, he received back 90% of the used mana with 10 circle transfer magic and mana replenishment, so in terms of efficiency, he had almost 40 times the magical power of Jade.

It is not for nothing that Reppenhardt is feared as the worst demon lord of all time. He was able to use more magic than the combined magical powers of all wizards from the 2nd to 100th ranked wizards on the continent, so it was truly a power worthy of the title of Demon King.

Even at that time, he was the Four Heavenly Kings, and if he had not used a lot of circle 10 magic to help the different races escape, he would not have been defeated even if his opponents were the five strongest people on the continent.

“It was great back then.”

On the other hand, the area synchronized by the current Leffenhardt was only 0.5 percent. Of course, this was an enormous amount of power, equivalent to a hundred times the current inherent magical power. Although he was forced to raise his circle through enlightenment and attainment, he is now a 7th circle level wizard no matter what anyone says. The inherent horsepower can only be at that level.

Repenhardt grunted, looking down at his belt.

“With this level of magical power… … If you use the Infinity Gate three times, it will be depleted. “It takes a week for the Four Directions God Artifact Attachment Synchronization Area to be fully filled with magic power.”

Fortunately, the Infinity Gate consumes less magic power for a 10-circle spell, so it can be used three times. For most 10-circle magic, it seems like you can just use it once and that’s it.

“Mana Refrain is activated only with inherent magic power, so it cannot be cast at all… … With this, Nuclear Burst and Hell of the World are nowhere near… … If we use all our unique magic power to scrape to the bottom, will we be able to reach Meteor Fall?”

I thought I would get the relics of the four directions and quickly regain my past strength, but life in this world is not easy.

He was able to confidently introduce his old self.

-I am Reppenhardt, a member of the 10th Circle!

But now it was time to change the introduction to this.

-I am Reppenhardt, the 10th Circle Archmage once a week! Oh, in some cases, it can be up to 3 times a week!

It ends up being a pretty lame introduction. Reppenhardt quenched his appetite.

‘I think there might be a way if I research it a little more… … Ah, I should have done more research then!’

In my previous life, I never had any regrets about my magic power, so I ended up studying the relics of the Four Directions Gods. After synchronizing it to about 5%, I thought that was enough and let go. At the time, there were so many busy things to do, such as managing the empire and the human invasion, that it was not possible to calmly focus on research.

But now that this has happened, I feel regret all over again.

‘Well, my body has improved tremendously, so there’s nothing to feel unfair about.’

Reppenhardt sat down, trying hard to console himself.

Yes, it’s not a big loss since we got Tethron’s body as is… … .

“Ugh!”

At that moment, Reppenhardt touched his forehead. The moment I thought of Tesron, I got another headache.

‘Again… … .’

It was after killing Tethron. From then on, this pain came over me from time to time. This usually happens when I think of him.

‘Why are you doing this? After all, did something go wrong with my subconscious because I destroyed my body?’

If you think about it, he destroyed his own body with his own hands. He may have committed some kind of suicide, so he may have been mentally traumatized as well.

‘Or is there some other reason?’

After a while the headache disappeared.

“Uhm… … .”

Leffenhardt smoothed his forehead with a worried expression. As expected, the headache bothered me, but there was nothing I could do about it right now. He had already visited Silan and Marceline and received divine treatment, but it had no effect at all.