Free Web NovelChapter 18: Expedition preparation²
Then my dear servant, Caio, came over with a wet towel in his hand
"Did you enjoy watching your master get beaten?" I glared at him
"I wouldn’t dare, young master," he said, bowing to me
Forget about him... ah, I’m exhausted...
I feel completely shattered
I got up from the floor and threw the wet towel at him as I returned to my room, annoyed
In fact, logically speaking, there was no shame in my defeat at the hands of this fool. Firstly, he is four years older than me; secondly, the weapon in his hand is a domain weapon, and his speciality is the sword
So compared to me, who doesn’t even understand the nature of my own domain weapon and uses the sword merely as a makeshift weapon, it’s clear he has a huge advantage over me
On the other hand, unlike me—the outcast son, for whom this is the first time I’ve truly been allowed to go to a real battlefield—this man has been going into battles since he was twelve, and his trainer is Uncle Aries, the Master of the Slaughter Sword, and one of the most fearsome men in the North
Also, among the siblings, if we were to rank who is best with the sword,
in first place is the young master who is perfect in every way, Cassian, and in second place is Julian, whose main weapon is the sword
It may or may not come as a surprise, but in fact, third in skill with weapons is Evelyne, then I am the last;
Lucien and Seraphine cannot be counted as neither of them has ever taken an interest in weapons
Seraphine is a scientist and has never been interested in the world of combat, and Lucien is a beast tamer who can use his monsters’ abilities in battle, so he has never needed weapons in his hands.
Hah... The life of a rejected son is miserable... My lack of combat prowess isn’t because I’m lazy or untalented, but simply because even little Evelyne has been to the battlefields several times, either with Julian or with Lucien, or sometimes the four side characters would act as important side characters and teach her... ... As you know, to build an emotional bond, so that when they die, she’ll cry for them!!
As for me, no matter what trouble I caused, I was completely forbidden from going battlefield. Once, a year ago, after I caused a huge problem and demolished an entire section of the castle in a fit of rage when they allowed Evelyne to go with Lucien whilst I was refused, despite being older than her and even possessing combat abilities unlike her
Then, the next morning, I found the butler at my door, handing me a letter from the Academy to the Duchy they’re inviting me to attend the academy.
Naturally, I tore the letter up and threw it in the old man’s face, then made sure to slam the door shut in his face.
Even though closing my bedroom door isn’t even my job!
What a miserable life...
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After what felt like an eternity, I finally returned to my room at sunset. Caio helped me remove my cloak, sword belt and the cumbersome jewellery.
I flopped down on the sofa and ordered him,
"Give me the ring from the box, then go and prepare the bath for me."
"Wouldn’t you like to have dinner, young master?"
"I’m not hungry."
"I understand, young master."
He said respectfully and left after handing me the ring... It’s not that I suffer from a poor appetite, but let’s just say that losing to that damned bastard completely ruined my mood, especially knowing he’d only picked a fight with me to make up for his loss to Evelyne
I slipped the ring onto my left thumb and remembered...
Huh...
Speaking of Eve... I’d forgotten about the fragment.
She’d taken it from my hand before I started the fight with Julian, and I forgot about it afterwards because I was so angry and frustrated... Never mind, I’ll get it back from her later...
I opened the storage ring and, alongside various documents, found some interesting items.
Several swords of Hero-class, and even a sword of Epic-class!
In the entire Duchy, at least as far as I know, we have only ten Epic weapons, but because most skilled fighters always prefer to use domain weapons, these physical weapons often just rot away in the family storeroom, or are given to people who don’t own their own domain weapons.
Currently, I use one of them,it’s name ’Ruins of the Stars’ sword.
Four years ago, and when I visited the capital to play, I bought one at the Royal Auction called ’Elegy For the Sun’. It is a dagger that, when you sacrifice your heart to it, causes an explosion of light and fire around the area, obliterating everything. I gave it to little Evelyne for her tenth birthday.
As for the rest, I know that three of them are used by some of our knights, who also belong to one of the collateral branches of the family. One of them is Uncle Aries’ son.
Seraphine also has one for emergencies, on the Duke’s orders, whilst the rest are simply left to rot.
I took the sword first and examined the markings on the blade
’The Ancient Star’ Sword
A red sword adorned with purple and gold
Although the colours are unusual, it is elegant and beautiful in its own way!
I pricked the palm of my hand on the sword’s gem to form a contract with it
Weapons of epic class and above always require a contract to be used
The concept of the contract is simple: either the sword accepts you as its master or rejects you. If it accepts you, you’ll receive information about its abilities; if it rejects you, that’s it—in your hands, it’s no different from a useless piece of metal that won’t even cut an onion for you.
And after it drank my blood, I instinctively felt that I knew how to use it and all its abilities,
Oh,... it seems to be a guidance-type sword!
It has five abilities in total, the benefits of which can be summarised as follows:
➖It guides you to your desired destination
➖It warns you when a dangerous enemy is present
➖It tells you when there are treasures nearby
➖It can be used as an alternative key for any ruins that require a sword to enter
➖It guides you to safe areas when you are injured
I returned the sword and took what looked like a crown an epic-class artefact freewebnσvel.cøm
And I repeated with it what I had done with the sword...
The Crown of the Forsaken Star
➖The Land of Frost recognises you as one of its own and protects you
A defensive artefact that greatly boosts defence and luck in the Frost Lands
Definitely a useful artefact...
But... why does everything around me have the word ’star’ in its name???
Although the name of my domain is Chaos Space, the first ability I gained from it was ’Collapse of The Stars’, and even the sword I currently possess—which the family gave me when I asked for a weapon—is called Ruins of The Stars! freewebnøvel.com
I’d like to look into the matter, but before that...
"Young master, the bath is ready."
We’d better have a bath after that Marius rolled me in the dirt.
But before I went, I dumped the documents and files on the floor and ordered Caio
"Organise them for me; I’ll read them later."
"Understood, young master."
