Radiant Dragon’s Otherworldly Reincarnation - Chapter 267 : Chapter 267

Chapter 267. This is Healing (2)

Hellish training continued every day.

Making them experience their physical and mental limits daily, Patrick personally sparred with the knights, who were too exhausted to lift a single finger, under the pretext of an inspection.

To others, the fact that Patrick Schneider, who had pioneered, no, was now evaluated as having surpassed the supreme realm, was personally sparring with them would be seen as a great luxury, but….

‘Damn bastards….’

‘Those bastards should try it themselves.’

‘I want to quit being a knight.’

From the perspective of the knights on the receiving end, it was just getting beaten to a pulp until they were on the verge of death.

And today too, Patrick’s sword was mercilessly beating down the knights.

While that was happening….

“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

The state of the knight commander, Sanson Kainel, was strange.

He was charging like a madman, and his condition was unusual.

“Hmm….”

Whack! Paak! Kwajik!

The sword Patrick swung lightly struck Sanson high, middle, and low.

But Sanson only staggered for a moment before charging at Patrick again.

And although it was little by little, he began to dodge and block Patrick’s attacks.

Even….

Swish!

Sanson’s sword, which he thrust out without retracting the sword he had blocked with, grazed Patrick’s cheek.

“Young Master!”

April hurriedly tried to intervene, but Patrick held out his hand to stop her.

And with a serious expression, he began to receive Sanson’s sword.

Kwang! Kwaang! Kwaang!

The surging aura from Sanson’s sword pushed Patrick back, leaving terrifying marks of destruction on the training ground.

Patrick parried that attack with a sword ki that was slightly….

Just a little bit stronger, and dealt with Sanson’s attack.

‘If this goes well, it might work.’

There was no distraction in Sanson’s expression.

He was just embodying the sword path as it was engraved in his body.

Patrick knew well what this meant.

‘That’s right. That’s how you do it.’

The corner of Patrick’s mouth went up.

Forget. Forget the obsession to become stronger, and forget the fear of the opponent.

Just the sword. Only the sword.

Sword. Sword. Sword. Sword. Sword.

You must believe that only you and the sword exist in the world.

A moment of self-and-sword as one.

Sanson had now encountered a truly miraculous encounter that might come once in a lifetime.

And finally….

Kwachiiing!

A clear Aura Blade formed on Sanson’s twin swords.

The Aura Blade, a symbol of the supreme realm, had formed on Sanson’s sword at this moment.

“Oh… Ooooh?”

“An Aura Blade?”

“Commanderrrr!”

The moment they saw Sanson’s Aura Blade, the entire Twin Dragon Knightly Order erupted in excitement.

And Patrick’s excitement also reached its peak.

“Excellent!”

And Patrick too drew an Aura Blade on his sword and took a stance.

“Take this. Sir Kainel!”

A stance where he crossed his twin swords behind his back in a cross shape and aimed at the enemy.

There was no one in the Twin Dragon Knightly Order who did not know what that stance meant.

“Huh?”

“G-Grand Young Master!”

“Nooooo!”

Twin Dragons Eight Sword Forms

Second Form

Great Dragon Cross Sword

One of Patrick’s specialties and a powerful technique that cleanly quartered even large monsters.

That terrifying technique now flew towards Sanson, who had just manifested his Aura Blade.

And Sanson….

“Haaaaat!”

Twin Dragons Eight Sword Forms

Second Form

Great Dragon Cross Sword

An eye for an eye.

A tooth for a tooth.

He countered with the exact same technique.

Giant cross-shaped slashes crossed each other and collided.

Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwang!

The result….

“Huk… Heok….”

Annihilation.

Although he was exhausted and slumped, Sanson had succeeded in directly receiving Patrick’s Great Dragon Cross Sword.

Patrick looked at Sanson, slung his twin swords over his shoulder, and chuckled.

“How do you feel?”

“Gra…nd Young Master?”

“Congratulations.”

And Sanson, having exhausted all his strength, collapsed to the ground.

It was the moment another knight who had pioneered the 7-star realm was born in the Schneider Duchy.

“Waaaah…. Finally? Finally?”

“I thought the commander would do it someday, but….”

“So this is really possible.”

The knights could hardly calm their excitement.

That Sanson Kainel had drawn an Aura Blade.

The Aura Blade itself was not surprising.

They had lived watching Patrick draw an Aura Blade and slice through monsters since he was a teenager.

And they had also seen April, a girl much younger than them, surpass them with her unbelievable talent.

But Sanson was different.

Of course, Sanson was also a genius with exceptional talent, but his was a talent within the bounds of common sense, unlike the other two.

If Patrick was an object of aspiration who led from the front, Sanson was someone who stood shoulder to shoulder with them and walked alongside them.

Such a Sanson had manifested an Aura Blade.

‘Me too…. Someday….’

‘We can do it. We can do it too.’

‘Definitely….’

The knightly order, clenching their fists and strengthening their resolve.

As they were all about to become one, filled with hope and motivation….

“Uwaaaaaah! No. This isn’t right. This can’t be happeninggg!”

For a moment, but there are always kids who spoil the mood at times like this.

Everyone’s gaze turned to where the familiar voice came from.

And there….

“What’s wrong with him again?”

“I don’t know. Is it the first or second time?”

“Aside from the Young… Grand Young Master, he’s a strange one too.”

Oliver A was holding his head with both hands and screaming.

Seeing the scene, one person approached and said.

“Hey, Knight A. What’s wrong all of a sudden?”

To him, who had spoken with the thought of at least finding out the reason, Oliver said with tears streaming down his face.

“You moron! Don’t you get it? Did you not feel anything seeing Sir Sanson… the commander reach the 7-star realm?”

“Don’t tell me, jealousy?”

“This crazy bastard is talking about jealousy. Sir Sanson reached the 7-star realm, I’m telling you!”

“I know that too. Isn’t it a good thing?”

“What good thing? It’s proof that the theory of that great archdemon who crawled up from hell is correct!”

“…Huh?”

At that moment, everyone realized.

The moment Sanson drew his Aura Blade was so impressive that they hadn’t noticed, but this ultimately proved that Patrick’s training method was right.

In other words, the justification and validity for continuing this hellish training….

“Wait, waaaaait!”

“No. This isn’t right.”

“Where’s the connection? Where is the connection that this bullshit led to the commander’s rise in realm?”

No matter how desperately they tried to deny reality….

“Hehehe. Yes. It seems you gentlemen have realized it too.”

Patrick Schneider had already figured out the situation.

“Now you get it, right? That if you do as I say, good things will happen even in your sleep, and you’ll become a 7-star even while playing.”

“……”

“……”

I really hate this.

Do you know what is most hated?

It is that deep down, everyone acknowledges that the theory of that great archdemon of hell is correct.

“In the end, it was true that the more you push a human, the more they surpass their limits. Kekekeke…. Now then, what should we do now? Hmm?”

“Grand Young Master. Please calm down.”

“No. This isn’t right.”

“I’m just going to quit being a knigh…. Uwaaaaah!”

Kwwaaaang!

Patrick’s sword ki exploded on the back of the one trying to flee.

And then….

“Now, let’s all joyfully surpass our limits!”

“I don’t want to, you bastard!”

“Just go back to hell!”

The knights of the Schneider fiefdom were getting stronger and stronger.

***

Yusef Kingdom.

Once a weak nation called one of the four weaklings of the East on the continent, its status had now completely changed.

It had become a great nation occupying a territory larger than the Empire.

All of this was an achievement accomplished in less than 10 years after a single man ascended to the throne.

Hegemon King Cierion Baisus Yusef.

The world called him a monarch greater than the Emperor of the Empire and evaluated him as a knight comparable to the Double Dragons of the Schneider Duchy.

And on the other hand, they envied him.

How splendid and enjoyable would the life of the Hegemon King, who had everything so perfectly, be?

But they did not know.

That the daily life of Hegemon King Cierion was not so splendid.

“Your meal is served. Your Highness.”

“Mm. Thank you.”

Rye bread with a soup containing a little meat, freshly made butter, and a vegetable salad.

It was a meal prepared with care, but it still didn’t look like the meal of a king who ruled the largest land on the continent.

But Cierion ate such a meal without any discomfort.

Even while eating, he was looking over official documents on one side.

And then….

“Tell Count Robski that I will issue national bonds, so he should release more of his personal funds. And since the Magellan Kingdom is trying to raise food prices, summon the ambassador.”

“Yes. Understood.”

He gave instructions even in the gaps between his meal.

The red-haired woman sitting next to the Hegemon King, eating with him and watching the scene, clicked her tongue.

“Can’t you put work aside during meal times?”

Katherina bin Flame.

No, she was now Katherina bin Yusef.

She, more famous by her nickname Salamander Princess, sighed at the Hegemon King and said.

Then the Hegemon King spoke….

“Hmm, I apologize. My lady. I want to, but it will be difficult for a while.”

“……”

“I am sorry for not being able to spend time with you faithfully. Once the domestic situation improves and I have more time, I will not commit such rudeness. Please understand for just a little while.”

“…I’m not blaming you. I’m just worried.”

Katherina shook her head and said.

In fact, she did not dislike this side of the Hegemon King.

No, she rather respected it.

She, who was once a princess of the Flame Kingdom, knew the life of royalty well.

Although they attended to state affairs for a few hours a day, the rest of the time was mostly spent on their own hobbies, and every aspect of their lifestyle was the height of luxury.

The Flame Kingdom was also a small country that was always consuming its national power by acting as a breakwater for the Great Forest, and the lives of the people were difficult.

But her family, the royalty, always led a prosperous and luxurious life.

She grew up accepting that as natural, but the more she grew up and learned about reality, the more she disapproved.

The reality where children were begging on the streets because there was nothing to eat, while the royalty threw away 90 percent of their meals.

Or the princes who sent horses that could be used as warhorses as gifts to noble young ladies, even when the knights guarding the Great Forest complained of a weapon shortage.

Every single one of those things was quite disagreeable to her.

But she couldn’t say anything.

After all, she herself, as one of the princesses of the royal family, was living a luxurious life, wearing expensive clothes and eating good food to maintain her dignity.

She had thought it was bitter yet natural.

But after watching the Hegemon King up close, she came to realize anew.

There was nothing natural in the world.

The problems she had worried and agonized over were problems that could be changed as much as one wanted if one tried to change them.

The Hegemon King himself lived frugally and devoted himself to his duties as king, sleeping only four hours a day.

Even when he had a break to eat or drink tea like now, there were always official documents around him.

The only time he let go of work was when he was training with the knightly order, sweating together.

And she realized.

The harder the king worked, the more comfortable and better the lives of the people became.

The people of the Flame Kingdom, which was once her homeland, were already praising the Hegemon King.

The Hegemon King who was once their enemy and had destroyed their country.

After he became king, he purged the corrupt nobles and helped the commoners with the property confiscated from them, and the lives of the people actually became much better.

Katherina felt as if she had met her ideal king.

Although that person was the one who had destroyed her country, he was still a person she couldn’t help but sincerely respect.

And the Hegemon King always treated her with courtesy and gentleness when dealing with her personally.

Objectively speaking, Katherina was like a spoil of war obtained after conquering the Flame Kingdom.

Although it was unknown what would happen if a child was born between the two and that child was officially designated as the heir, until then, she was just the princess of a defeated enemy country.

But the Hegemon King was never rude in dealing with her and always showed courtesy.

‘…How can a man like this exist?’

To Katherina, the Hegemon King was a perfect man.

That was why, during the war, she personally persuaded her former subordinates, her master, and the 7-star knights from the Flame Kingdom to participate in the battle.

Thanks to that, the knights of the Flame Kingdom were now settling in the Yusef Kingdom without any particular discrimination.

Although they were in a situation like cuckoos, they were now appropriately finding their positions under the Yusef Kingdom.

And all of this was thanks to the Hegemon King’s great generosity.

Under the name of the Yusef Kingdom, figures from the occupied countries were settling in one by one.

The knights of the recently occupied Decator Kingdom and Kaisar Kingdom were also pledging their loyalty to the Hegemon King one by one.