Chapter 64: The Legacy of the Conqueror King (Part 1)

With Momon’s appearance, the identity of the caravan before them naturally went unquestioned—it was from Goth.

Although Momon was not yet the Advisor to the King of the Gosai Kingdom in the future, he had already followed that future king for many years.

Or rather, during his apprenticeship, this Momon had been sponsored by the current Prince Fendel, the future His Majesty.

As for that hypocritical Fendel, Dean’s hatred toward him far exceeded that for Boz, Mold, and others.

After all, it was that person’s “betrayal” that pushed the Emerald Kingdom step by step into a desperate corner, and also made him, a guy who had been tricked countless times by “natives,” thoroughly realize just how fragile and fragile his sense of superiority was.

It was exactly like that sentence the opponent had spoken during the decisive battle—

“Do you remember? We had a very pleasant conversation when we first met. In fact, I even invited you to be my guard!”

At that time, Dean had felt quite proud.

He thought that after experiencing many hardships, he had finally gained the dignity that belonged to him.

Unfortunately, events later proved… that was merely the opponent’s usual tactic.

But even with such a common tactic, it had almost fooled him!

If, at that time, Dean had not been grateful to and attached to the Grand Duchess, he very likely would have accepted the offer—even now, Dean would not deny that he had been deceived at that time.

However, precisely because he would not deny it, Dean felt even more angry.

It was like having an ugly face; if he didn’t look in the mirror, he could still fool himself, but someone kept placing that mirror right in front of him and constantly making mocking remarks.

Dean would never blame that ugly face, nor would he blame the mirror which remained unchanged in nature, but he would not mind giving a knife to that guy who constantly made mocking remarks.

Undoubtedly, the current Prince Fendel was exactly that kind of guy.

However, Dean’s angry heart soon calmed down—the situation of enemy strong and himself weak was definitely not something he could directly act against; even bringing the entire Ferrchelen Knight Order would be impossible.

After all, the opponent had already produced two Knights at this moment.

And although Momon was not yet the Grand Wizard of the future, even a common Wizard’s status was enough for Dean not to underestimate him—As an Assassin, he had suffered greatly from these Wizards; those endless means and Spells, if he had not been well-prepared, he would have died countless times already.

Furthermore, there was another person beside the opponent.

Judging by the attitude of those two Knights, it was clear that that person’s status was second only to Momon, but higher than theirs.

Higher than a Knight meant at least a Grand Knight—in Goedz, one’s position was based more on Strength rather than military merit.

As for the use of military merit?

It was used to exchange for nobility, that is, to become a Noble.

Of course, Strength still served as a measure; simply put, if you were a Knight, under sufficient military merit, you could obtain the title of Baron; while if you were just an ordinary person, with the same military merit, a Lord title was the limit, and it was only for life, not hereditary.

Seeing the respectful attitude of those two Knights, Dean clearly realized that this person would not be merely for life.

“A Grand Knight!”

Almost the next moment, Dean felt a shock in his heart.

If facing a Knight, one might still win by playing some tricks; but facing a Grand Knight, even if Dean used all his means, it would be useless.

After all, the gap in Strength was too huge.

If a Knight’s certain attribute reached twice that of an ordinary adult, then a Grand Knight’s was five times!

That is to say, if a Knight’s certain attribute data necessarily reached ‘2’, then a Grand Knight’s was ‘5’!

After the Second Baptism, awakened Talents, given that Dean’s current ‘Will’ attribute only reached 2, he didn’t have even a sliver of chance to win.

So, Dean slowly returned along the original path.

If he appeared now, it would just be like hitting a stone with an egg.

“A Grand Knight…”

Returning to his tent, Dean lay by the fire pit, thinking quietly—but judging by his furrowed brow, Dean had absolutely no solution.

And in fact, this was true; after all, in Dean’s previously prepared plan, there was no appearance of a Grand Knight.

There were no Grand Knights in the Tier Territory, neither in the Tier Territory itself nor in its vicinity. The place where such a figure could appear, even the nearest one, required reaching Vauban County.

Therefore, even after thinking it over, Dean was at a loss.

Facing this power lessness, Dean naturally felt frustrated, but he did not give up; instead, he changed the direction of his thinking—

“For what reason did they appear in the Snowplains Dense Forest? First, Momon was undoubtedly one of the people most trusted by Fendel; his appearance must have been ordered by Fendel; then… what is it that Fendel has been thinking about obsessively in the Snowplains Dense Forest, people, or items?”

Thinking, Dean suddenly had a Flash of inspiration, and he thought of one thing—The reason why Prince Fendel could ascend the throne of the King of the Gosai Kingdom, besides the current King having no heirs and only one daughter, was more importantly because he had retrieved the Conqueror King’s Sword.

Therefore, it followed logically that he became the King of Gosai.

Otherwise, the other Prince of Gosai’s popularity was equally high—As the two younger brothers of the current King, the two were always compared.

And then, they were always neck and neck.

“Wait! That guy had stated more than once in public that the Conqueror King’s Sword was acquired when he was traveling in Emerald, and Grand Duchess Ailu Nick witnessed it—that guy would lie, but the Grand Duchess absolutely would not! Then…”

Dean suddenly sat up.

Because, he had thought of a possibility—The subordinates of that Prince Fendel had failed, so he had personally stepped in, bringing more people, with the purpose of traveling, coming to the Emerald Kingdom.

“Although Momon, as a Wizard, becoming an Advisor to a Noble would be no problem, to be an Advisor to a King, being merely a Grand Wizard was still not enough; at least he needed to enter the Gold-rank, but he had always secured his position. Besides his own ability, this merit of searching for the Conqueror King’s Legacy obviously played a decisive role!”

Having found the direction of his thinking, Dean’s thoughts immediately flowed like a spring.

“And if this were the case, the Goths present here should all be heavily relied upon by Fendel, yet except for Momon, none appeared in my memory—if it were to silence them to kill them, obviously one should not have been left… Then, they should have served as the vanguard, and while exploring that Conqueror King’s Tomb, except for Momon, the whole army was wiped out; only this was a reasonable explanation for their absence!”

Thinking more and more that it was indeed like this, Dean began to quickly recall and plan.

“According to the Grand Duke’s casual talk, Fendel’s most recent trip to Emerald should have been after three months, and he had also invited the Grand Duke to join… That is to say, barring accidents, I have three months to excavate that Conqueror King’s Tomb—but I must follow these guys and find that Conqueror King’s Tomb!”

For things that could make his enemies suffer, Dean was always tireless.

Especially when this enemy potentially affected the entire battle situation, Dean did not mind changing the plan that was originally set out for the battle situation.

Of course, this was only a rough plan; he still needed to complete his plan more detailedly.

As for the dangers of that Conqueror King’s Tomb?

With those vanguards paving the way, Dean could be quite sure that he would be very safe.

Furthermore, from that Prince Fendel’s mouth, he had mentioned more than once how he had acquired the ancestral relic.

Each time it sounded thrilling, and… remained vividly in memory.

Although, that Prince Fendel’s target for narration was definitely not him back then, but now it had become one of Dean’s greatest supports.

For this, Dean was grateful to that Prince Fendel.

And, he would spare no effort to snatch away the treasure that belonged to the other party, just as that party had done to him back then.

However, Dean would absolutely not leave that party with a chance to take him down with them.